Such, Lord, did thine apostle know
Himself? How could it be?
Explain it to my heart, and shew
The sinners’ chief in me.
Such, Lord, did Thine apostle know
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Of whom I am chief!”—[1 Tim.] i. 15. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 99.
Publishing: Public Domain