But when, most gracious God, and true

Verse 1
But when, most gracious God, and true,
Wilt thou the work of wonder shew,
The man of sin reveal,
And then thy glorious power exert,
Destroy the idols in my heart,
And their destruction seal?

Verse 2
Manner and time I leave to thee,
Humbly assur’d the thing shall be,
Thro’ love’s almighty power,
Thou wilt destroy whate’er is I,
Self, nature, unbelief shall die,
And pride shall be no more.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The idols he shall utterly abolish.”—[Isa.] ii. 18. 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 375.
Publishing: Public Domain