Possest by sin, the world, and hell
My kindred, Lord, I see,
And bring the souls Thou lov’st so well
In fervent prayer to Thee:
Thou canst, thou wilt (I dare not doubt)
Th’ indwelling demons chase,
I trust thy power to cast them out,
I trust thy pardning grace.
Possessed by sin, the world, and hell
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Bring him unto me.’—[Mark 9,] v. 19.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” 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 1977/574, 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 23.
Publishing: Public Domain