By wilful sin the man who wrongs

Verse 1
By wilful sin the man who wrongs
Himself, his neighbour, or his God,
To Satan, not to Christ belongs;
He knows not that atoning blood,
Nor sees the great invisible,
But sleeps within the mouth of hell.

Verse 2
The man by faith who truly lives,
And strives his faithfulness t’ approve,
Imploys the talents he receives
In all the toils of humble love,
May cry with confidence divine,
I am my God’s, and he is mine!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He that doeth good is of God, but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.”—3 John 11. 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 216.
Publishing: Public Domain