Can a true follower of thine
Such horrid crimes commit?
One moment left by grace divine,
We sink into the pit:
Ah, do not, dearest Lord, depart
One moment from thine own,
But purify, and keep the heart
That would be thine alone.
Can a true follower of Thine
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”—[Matt.] v. 27. 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 168.
Publishing: Public Domain