Who love the praise of man
Their unbelief confess,
Though walking in a shadow vain
Of formal godliness;
They slight the Saviour’s word
Who seek their own renown,
Refuse their self-denying Lord,
His sufferings and his crown.
Who love the praise of men
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘For neither did his brethren believe in him.’—[John 7,] v. 5.5" This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, 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 397.
Publishing: Public Domain