By my own backslidings I
Terribly reprov’d have been,
Long, as at the point to die,
Groan’d—and added sin to sin:
Sin’s reward in sin I gain,
Left its evil fruits to feel,
Fear, astonishment, and pain,
Late remorse, and present hell.
By my own backslidings I
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee.”—[Jer.] ii. 19. 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 4.
Publishing: Public Domain