Call’d by nature’s glimmering light,
The law, and gospel-word,
Few come in by faith, delight
In Christ, and keep their Lord;
Fewer still that persevere
To make their own election sure,
Gain the sinless character,
And saints till death endure.
Call’d by nature’s glimmering light
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Many are called, but few are chosen.’—[Matt. 22,] v. 14.” 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 352.
Publishing: Public Domain