The sinner sad, who void of Thee
Is turning to the wall his face,
Save as the Felon on the tree,
To shew forth all thy power of grace,
And bid him from thy cross arise
And reign with Thee in Paradice.
The sinner sad, who void of Thee
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “For a dying Unbeliever.” This hymn was included in a manuscript titled “Hymns of Intercession” or “MS Intercession.” This manuscript is held by the Methodist Archive and Research Centre of the John Rylands Library at The University of Manchester (accession number DDCW 6/68–70). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992), page 233.
Publishing: Public Domain