Sinner, in Thine own esteem

Sinner, in thine own esteem,
Poor and needy if thou art,
Rich thy title is with him,
Searcher of the reins and heart;
Christ who gave, commends thy grace,
Deigns himself the poor to praise.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I know thy tribulation, and poverty; but thou art rich.”—[Rev.] ii. 9. 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 223.
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