"Inward Conflict"

[KenH]

A hymn written by Joseph Irons in Zion's Hymns. (in long meter)

Romans Chapter 7.

"Inward Conflict"

1. What means this conflict in my heart?
In which both grace and sin take part:
Both seem resolv'd in me to reign,
And thus a daily war maintain.

2. Grace bids me seek the LORD by pray'r -
Sin almost drives me to despair, -
Grace bids me rise by heavenly birth, -
Sin drags me downward to the earth.

3. Grace makes me love the saints of God,
His house, His service, and His word;
But sin, in every place has tried
To turn my wand'ring heart aside.

4. Grace gives me drops of heavenly joys,
But sin my happiness annoys;
Sin is resolv'd to hold me fast,
But grace shall conquer sin at last.

 

[kyredneck]

Conflict (I am a stranger here below) - Old Baptist hymn

I am a stranger here below,
And what I am 'tis hard to know,
I am so vile, so prone to sin,
I fear that I'm not born again.

When I experience call to mind,
My understanding is so blind,
All feeling sense seems to be gone,
Which makes me fear that I am wrong.

I find myself out of the way;
My thoughts are often gone astray;
Like one alone I seem to be;
Oh! is there any one like me?

So far from God I seem to lie,
Which makes me often weep and cry;
I fear at last that I shall fall,
For if a saint the least of all.

I seldom find a heart to pray,
So many things step in my way;
Thus filled with doubts, I ask to know
Come, tell me, is it thus with you?

So, by experience, I do know
There's nothing good that I can do;
I can not satisfy the law,
Nor hope nor comfort from it draw.

My nature is so prone to sin,
Which makes my duty so unclean,
That when I count up all the cost,
If not free grace, then I am lost.