Who before the Saviour lies,
Should the mourner’s task repeat;
Penitents can never rise,
Never cease to kiss his feet:
Thus may I my faith approve,
Lower sinking still and lower,
Jesus in his members love,
Honour Jesus in the poor.
Who before the Saviour lies
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘This woman, since I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet.'—[Luke 7,] v. 45.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/575, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 102.
Publishing: Public Domain