A proud philosopher forsakes
His all, but doth not Christ pursue,
A Christian false the Saviour takes
For Guide, but keeps the world in view;
A Christian sav’d, to find his Lord
His all foregoes, himself denies,
And wins the hundred fold reward,
And reigns eternal in the skies.
A proud philosopher forsakes
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Behold, we have forsaken all and followed thee, what shall we have therefore?’—[Matt. 19,] v. 27.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 328.
Publishing: Public Domain