The world who only seek their own
Compassion for the poor pretend,
But judge who live for God alone,
And all on their Redeemer spend:
They may external works approve
Whene’er the needy we relieve,
But our excess of zealous love
To Christ, they never can forgive.
The world who only seek their own
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Then said Jesus, Let her alone (Gr., forgive her).’—[John 12,] v. 7." 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 484.
Publishing: Public Domain