The nation that thy laws disdains

The nation that thy laws disdains,
The kings who will not Christ adore,
God over all when Jesus reigns,
Shall perish by his glorious power;
Not man’s anathemas or sword
Cut off the souls who Christ deny,
But from the presence of the Lord
Cast out, they must forever die.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: yea those nations shall be utterly wasted.”—[Isa.] lx. 12. 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 455.
Publishing: Public Domain