By not appearing on thy side
I sided with thy foes,
By not confessing I denied,
And dar’d my Lord oppose:
But lo, henceforward I abhor
The base neutrality,
Wage ’gainst thy foes eternal war,
And live, and die with thee.
By not appearing on Thy side
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He that is not with me is against me.”—[Matt.] xii. 30. 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 262.
Publishing: Public Domain