God is not partial in his love,
Nor e’er decreed a few t’ approve
“And all the rest pass by
“Whole nations unredeem’d to leave,
“Who never can his grace receive,
“But must forever die.[”]
The Lord to every soul is good,
For every soul he shed his blood
That each might pardon find:
His, and the common Saviour praise,
The God of free, unbounded grace,
The Friend of all mankind.
God is not partial in His love
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons.’—[Acts 10,] v. 34.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 249.
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