The word his sacred lips hath past!
And shall I trust th’ infernal liar,
Who whispers soft “But God at last
Will kill the worm, and quench the fire!”
Get thee behind me, fiend, say I,
Thine eloquence on others try,
Who, if they listen to thy tale,
Shall prove the loudest laugh of hell.
The word His sacred lips hath past
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”—[Mark] ix. 44. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). 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 28.
Publishing: Public Domain