Music & HymnsIn Age And Feebleness Extreme

"My grace is sufficient for thee." 2 Corinthians 12:9

Words: Charles Wesley, 1788. This hymn was:

…composed by Charles Wesley in extreme old age. [It] was his last utterance in verse, and was dictated on his death-bed.

Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church with Tunes (New York: Eaton & Mains, 1878), p. 422.

Music: "Vale," John Duncan Buckingham (1855-?)

In age and feebleness extreme,
Who shall a helpless worm redeem?
Jesus, my only hope Thou art,
Strength of my failing flesh and heart:
O could I catch one smile from Thee,
And drop into eternity!

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