Those who think He tarries long

Those who think He tarries long
Their Master’s charge forget,
Smite their brethren with the tongue,
Their fellow-servants beat,
Proud of temp’ral dignities
Their lusts and passions gratify,
Live in pleasures, sloth, and ease,
As never born to die.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘If that servant say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat &c.'—[Luke 12,] v. 45.” 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 141.
Publishing: Public Domain