We see not why the Man Divine

Verse 1
We see not why the Man Divine
One country for another leaves,
He only knows his own design
Who no account to sinners gives,
Who nothing to the creature owes,
But where he will his gifts bestows.

Verse 2
He holds us thus in humble fear
Lest we his gracious presence lose,
Instructs us to detain him here,
His gifts and benefits to use,
And profit by his gospel-word,
And keep, by walking with, our Lord.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.’—[Mark 7,] v. 31.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” 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 1977/574, 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 7.
Publishing: Public Domain