If ever a sinner is brought to faith in Christ,
saved and converted by the power of God, his heart and will
must be broken. But how can this be
accomplished? We declare the holy law of God, and it causes men to tremble. We
warn men of the inflexibly just wrath of God and the certainty of eternal
damnation, and it fills them with fear. Yet, preach these things as we may, and
must, they will never break the sinner's will. But, if ever a man who knows himself to be a sinner beholds the Lord Jesus Christ dying
as his Substitute at
Lord, Thou hast won, at length
I yield;
My heart, by mighty grace
compelled,
Surrenders all to Thee;
Against Thy terrors long I
strove,
But who can stand against Thy
love?
Love conquers even me.
If Thou hadst bid Thy thunders
roll,
And lightenings flash, to blast
my soul,
I still had stubborn been:
But mercy has my heart subdued,
A bleeding Savior I have
viewed,
And now I hate my sin.