Where then shall I appear,
A mere, mere sinner I!
O may I always fear,
As at the point to die,
Till thou my sinking soul surprize,
And snatch me up to paradise.
Where then shall I appear
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The righteous shall scarcely be saved.”— [1 Pet.] iv. 18. 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 183.
Publishing: Public Domain