The righteous real Abel cries
With all the strength of mortal pains,
His blood resounding thro’ the skies
Grace for his murtherers obtains,
His blood with powerful energy
(While Jesus’ soul and body part)
Speaks in the ears of God for me,
And writes my pardon on my heart.
The righteous real Abel cries
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Jesus cried with a loud voice.’—[Luke 23,] v. 46.” 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 304.
Publishing: Public Domain