Which of the Christians now

Verse 1
Which of the Christians now
Would his possessions sell?
The fact ye scarce allow,
The truth incredible,
That men of old so weak should prove,
And as themselves their neighbour love.

Verse 2
Of your redundant store
Ye may a few relieve,
But all to feed the poor
Ye cannot, cannot give,
Houses and lands for Christ forego,
Or live as Jesus liv’d below.

Verse 3
Jesus, thy church inspire
With Apostolic love,
Infuse the one desire
T’ insure our wealth above,
Freely with earthly goods to part,
And joyfully sell all in heart.

Verse 4
With thy pure Spirit fill’d,
And loving Thee alone,
We shall our substance yield,
Call nothing here our own,
Whate’er we have or are submit,
And lie, as beggars, at thy feet.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “As many as were possessors of lands, or houses sold them, and brought the prices of &c.”—[Acts 4,] v. 34, 35. 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), pages 297–98.
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