With nature for his guide,
The self-presuming man,
Who follows in the strength of pride,
He follows Christ in vain:
He cannot persevere,
Or stand a threatning word,
But struck with misbelieving fear
Basely disowns his Lord.
With nature for his guide
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Simon Peter followed Jesus.’—[John 18,] v. 15." 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 265.
Publishing: Public Domain