But surely Thou hast cast on me

Verse 1
But surely Thou hast cast on me
The eye of thy preventing grace,
Hast seen my depth of misery,
And undertook my desperate case:
Ev’n now I hear thine inward word,
Obedient to thy sovereign will,
Which draws and brings me to my Lord,
And bids me wait thy hand to feel.

Verse 2
That hand beneficent, divine,
In mercy on thy creature laid,
Shall strengthen this weak soul of mine,
Correct the work itself hath made,
Accumulated blessings shower,
Impower out of my fall to rise,
Orig’nal righteousness restore,
And lead me safe to paradise.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘But when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. And he laid his hands on her.'—[Luke 13,] v. 12, 13.” 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 218.
Publishing: Public Domain