The miser doth his riches store,
Not for his own or others use,
Not for his God in Jesus’ poor,
But for himself—to count—and lose:
Wealth for himself, his confidence,
His god he makes, his sole delight,
Till hurried in a moment hence,
He sinks in everlasting night.
The miser doth his riches store
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.’—[Luke 12,] v. 21.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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 211.
Publishing: Public Domain