The Pharisees see, And murmur in vain,
“Who comes unto me, With Me shall remain,”
The gracious Beginner Of faith will go on,
And raise a meer sinner To sit on his throne.
The Pharisees see And murmur in vain
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner.'—[Luke 19,] v. 7.” 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 264.
Publishing: Public Domain