706 - The Christian Life

1. In your mercy, Lord, you call me,

taught my sin-filled heart and mind,

else this world had still enthralled me,

and to glory kept me blind.

2. Lord, I did not freely choose you

till be grace you set me free;

for my heart would still refuse you

had your love not chosen me.

3. Now my heart sets none above you,

for your grace alone I thrist,

knowing well, that if I love you,

you, O Lord, have loved me first.

Words: Josiah Conder )1789-1855); alt. CharlesP. Price (b. 1920) Music: Halton Holgate, William Boyce (1711-1779)