The Lord resolv’d in death to save
The vessel of his grace and power,
Pardon in a commission gave,
Inspir’d, and strengthen’d him once more
To deal the vengeful wrath of God,
And write his victory in blood.
The Lord resolved in death to save
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Samson took hold of the two pillars and said, let me die with the Philistines: and he bowed himself with all his might.”—[Judg.] xvi. 29, 30. 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 141.
Publishing: Public Domain