Wisdom is the hoary hair;
And who in Christ are found,
They his diadem shall wear,
With life and glory crown’d:
O might I my Lord obey,
Thro’ Jesu’s righteousness forgiven,
Still abide in Christ my way,
And walk with God to heaven!
Wisdom is the hoary hair
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.”—[Prov.] xvi. 31. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 351.
Publishing: Public Domain