Wilt Thou as such the cowards own

Wilt thou as such the cowards own,
All who deserted thee?
Then I am of thy brethren one,
And mercy is for me.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Go tell my brethren.”—[Matt.] xxviii. 10. 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 439.
Publishing: Public Domain