# Lord’s Day Hymn – “I want a principle within of watchful, godly fear”

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- Published: 2008-01-13T01:30:06-06:00
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“I Want a Principle Within”
 By Charles Wesley, 1749

I want a principle within of watchful, godly fear,
 A sensibility of sin, a pain
to feel it near. I want the first approach to feel of pride or wrong desire, To 
catch the wandering of my will, and quench the kindling fire.

From Thee that I no more may stray, no more Thy goodness grieve,
 Grant me the filial
awe, I pray, the tender conscience give. Quick as the apple of an eye, O God, my
conscience make; Awake my soul when sin is nigh, and keep it still awake.

Almighty God of truth and love, to me Thy power impart;
 The mountain from my soul
remove, the hardness from my heart. O may the least omission pain my reawakened 
soul, And drive me to that blood again, which makes the wounded whole.

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