Hymn Xxx: Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin? Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDD EFEGHH IJKHLL MNMOPP QRQRST UAVAWU FXGXHH| Where shall my wondering soul begin | A |
| How shall I all to heaven aspire | B |
| A slave redeemed from death and sin | A |
| A brand plucked from eternal fire | C |
| How shall I equal triumphs raise | D |
| Or sing my great Deliverer's praise | D |
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| O how shall I the goodness tell | E |
| Father which thou to me hast showed | F |
| That I a child of wrath and hell | E |
| I should be called a child of God | G |
| Should know should feel my sins forgiven | H |
| Blest with this antepast of heaven | H |
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| And shall I slight my Father's love | I |
| Or basely fear his gifts to own | J |
| Unmindful of his favours prove | K |
| Shall I the hallowed cross to shun | H |
| Refuse his righteousness to impart | L |
| By hiding it within my heart | L |
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| No though the ancient dragon rage | M |
| And call forth all his host to war | N |
| Though earth's self righteous sons engage | M |
| Them and their god alike I dare | O |
| Jesus the sinner's friend proclaim | P |
| Jesus to sinners still the same | P |
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| Outcasts of men to you I call | Q |
| Harlots and publicans and thieves | R |
| He spreads his arms to embrace you all | Q |
| Sinners alone his grace receives | R |
| No need of him the righteous have | S |
| He came the lost to seek and save | T |
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| Come O my guilty brethren come | U |
| Groaning beneath your load of sin | A |
| His bleeding heart shall make you room | V |
| His open side shall take you in | A |
| He calls you now invites you home | W |
| Come O my guilty brethren come | U |
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| For you the purple current flowed | F |
| In pardons from his wounded side | X |
| Languished for you the eternal God | G |
| For you the Prince of glory died | X |
| Believe and all your sin's forgiven | H |
| Only believe and yours is heaven | H |
Charles Wesley
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