Do we not all from thee receive
The dreadful power to seek, or leave?
The dreadful power thro’ grace I use,
And chose of God, my God I chuse:
Thee will I seek while life shall last;
Ah! Do not from thy presence cast,
But now, e’en now be found of me,
And let my soul be hid in thee.
Do we not all from Thee receive
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “If thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off forever.”—[I. Chron.] xxviii. 9. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 203.
Publishing: Public Domain