Jesus, the world was made by Thee

Verse 1
Jesus, the world was made by Thee,
That men in all thy works might see
Thy wisdom, love, and power,
But thro’ their own false wisdom blind,
Their present God they cannot find,
Or worthily adore.

Verse 2
In pity for our helpless race,
Thou cam’st the shades of sin to chase,
The manifested Word,
Yet still the world lie wrapt in night,
And shut their eyes against the Light,
And will not know their Lord.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not.’—[John 1,] v. 10." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), pages 215-16.
Publishing: Public Domain