Rejoice, ye rich, with humble fear

Rejoice, ye rich, with humble fear:
There yet is hope for you,
Jesus the Power of God is near,
And He can all things do:
He waits to pluck you from the fire,
His utmost grace t’ exert,
And tear the covetous desire
Out of your bleeding heart.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘With men it is impossible, but not with God.’—Mark 10, v. 27.” 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 34.
Publishing: Public Domain