Scripture Verse

He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 3 John 11

Introduction

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John B. Dykes (1823–1876)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 815.

Music: Me­li­ta John B. Dykes, in Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, 1861 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

By will­ful sin the man who wrongs
Himself, his neigh­bor, or his God,
To Sa­tan, not to Christ be­longs;
He knows not that aton­ing blood,
Nor sees the great In­vi­si­ble,
But sleeps with­in the mouth of hell.

The man by faith who tru­ly lives,
And strives his faith­ful­ness t’ap­prove,
Employs the tal­ents he re­ceives
In all the toils of hum­ble love,
May cry with con­fi­dence di­vine,
I am my God’s, and He is mine!