Thus in temptation I

Verse 1
Thus in temptation I
Shall from my Saviour fly;
Trembling, as the foe draws near,
Wavering, ready to desert,
Save me from the sin I fear,
Help mine unbelief of heart.

Verse 2
I cannot faithful be
But by a power from Thee:
Thee that I may not disown,
Vilely cast my shield away,
Jesus, leave me not alone,
With my soul forever stay.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘All the disciples forsook him and fled.’—[Matt. 26,] v. 56.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 408.
Publishing: Public Domain