Number: 288
English: 
Title: O God, My Inmost Being Yearns
Name: Longwood
Words: Sam Jones
Music: Joseph Barnby
Copyright: Lyrics written in March 1938
Meter: 
Form: 

O God, my in¤most be¤ing yearns and sighs,
The long¤ings of my soul to Thee a¤rise,
As¤cend¤ing up with¤in the ho¤ly place,
They plead with Thee be¤fore the Throne of Grace.

Oh, let Thy ten¤der love, I now im¤plore,
Fill all my soul a¤bound¤ing more and more,
Bring forth in me the fruits of right¤eous¤ness,
The beau¤ty of Thy grace and Ho¤li¤ness.

A bro¤ken, con¤trite heart I bring to Thee,
My pov¤er¤ty of spir¤it all my plea,
Thy prom¤is¤es I plead in Je¤sus name,
I have no oth¤er hope, no oth¤er claim.

O God, since Thou hast made my heart Thy care
And called me forth my Sav¤iour’s name to bear,
Purge out all dross, de¤stroy in¤iq¤ui¤ty,
That Christ, The ho¤ly One, may dwell in me.

Oh, hear my prayer, my low es¤tate re¤gard,
Ac¤com¤plish death on all that would re¤tard
Thy Sov¤’reign grace, un¤til Thy work is done,
That I may bear the im¤age of Thy Son.