The’ Almighty can employ His power

Verse 1
Th’ Almighty can employ his power
To snatch us from the dreadful hour;
But oft, t’ exalt his name,
To raise our bliss and virtue higher,
Continues with us in the fire,
And saves us in the flame.

Verse 2
If God doth for a time defer
To answer his continued prayer,
Shall sinful man complain,
When Christ the Lord forever blest
Repeats, and urges his request,
Yet seems to pray in vain!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Abba Father, all things are possible to thee, take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.’—[Mark 14,] v. 36.” 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 77.
Publishing: Public Domain