Th’ original of evil see,
Of all deceit and wickedness!
Satan, the homicide is he,
Deceiver of our helpless race:
To plunge us in eternal woe
He preaches still his ancient lie,
“Sin on; and if to hell ye go,
[“]Ye shall not there forever die.”
The’ original of evil see
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He is a liar, and the father of it.’—[John 8,] v. 44." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, 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 431.
Publishing: Public Domain