A monument of mercy’s power

Verse 1
A monument of mercy’s power,
Rescued by Jesus on the tree,
Sav’d at the last tremendous hour
One soul, and only one we see,
With brokenness of heart sincere
That all may hope, that all may fear.

Verse 2
He but to be remembred wants,
The time and all things else he leaves:
More than he asks the Saviour grants,
A kingdom promises and gives,
“I will my majesty display,
“And thou shalt reign with me to day!”

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.’—[Luke 23,] v. 43.” 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 303.
Publishing: Public Domain