Looking for the grace of God,
And ready to receive,
Tempted then by flesh and blood,
And urg’d to disbelieve,
Let us then our shield hold fast,
And wrestle on in faithful prayer,
Sure to gain his life at last,
And all his impress bear.
Looking for the grace of God
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Thy daughter is dead, trouble not the Master.'—[Luke 8,] v. 49.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 175.
Publishing: Public Domain