O WRETCHED MAN I AM
Don Fortner
(Tune:
This Is My Father's World #39 SMD)
The dreadful plague of sin
Within
my heart is felt!
In
thought and deed I am unclean,
Though
pardoned of all guilt.
O
wretched man I am!
My sin
mars all I do!
When I have done the best I can
I
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When
good I would perform,
My sin
is present still;
Corruption rises like a storm
And
blasts the good I will.
If
peace I seek and love,
Envy
and pride appear.
I want
to be like Christ I love,
But
never shall be here.
While in this world I'll fight
This
warfare in my breast,
Until my Savior ends the fight
And
brings me home to rest.
The
strife will not be long!
My hope
is not in vain!
God
will complete what He's begun;
In heav'n with Christ I'll reign!