See, the sad fruit of sin appears,
While Peter pours a briny flood!
But that which costs the servant tears
Must cost the Lord his richest blood!
The sea of tears which Peter sheds
Can never purge his crimson sin,
But Jesus for the sinner pleads,
And pours his blood to make him clean.
See, the sad fruit of sin appears
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He went out, and wept bitterly.”—[Matt.] xxvi. 75. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 415.
Publishing: Public Domain