Since first we did from Egypt fly,
Hast thou not shewn thy patient grace,
A thousand times our sin pass’d by,
And pardon’d a rebellious race?
Wherefore by all thy mercies past
We pray thee yet again forgive,
And let our souls, subdued at last,
To praise thy love for ever live.
Since first we did from Egypt fly
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people, as thou hast forgiven this people from Egypt even until now.”—[Num.] xiv. 19. 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 77.
Publishing: Public Domain