Let others of their virtue boast,
And call it all their own,
I in the only merit trust
Of God’s most holy Son:
The righteousness by Jesus wrought
Shall all my evil hide,
’Till deep into my Spirit brought
It shews me sanctified.
Let others of their virtue boast
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I will make mention of thy righteousness only.”—[Psalm] lxxi. 15. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 309.
Publishing: Public Domain