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Hymns · 1749

All things are possible to him

Songwriter Charles Wesley

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Hymnal / album Hymns and Sacred Poems Vol. 2
Publisher Felix Farley
Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)
Notes Originally titled “All things are possible to him that believeth." Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems Vol. 2, published by Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1749). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 5 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 300.

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Lyrics

Verse 1
All things are possible to him, (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)
That can in Jesu’s name believe: (John 1:12, John 3:18, I John 3:23, I John 5:13)
Lord, I no more thy truth blaspheme, (I Pet. 2:2)
Thy truth I lovingly receive; (II Thess. 2:10)
I can, I do believe in thee,
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)

Verse 2
The most impossible of all,
Is, that I e’er from sin should cease; (I Pet. 4:1, I John 3:6-9, I John 5:18)
Yet shall it be: I know, it shall:
Jesus, look to thy faithfulness!
If nothing is too hard for thee, (Jer. 32:17)
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)

Verse 3
I without sin on earth shall live,
Ev’n I, the chief of sinners I: (I Tim. 1:15)
Thy glory, Lord, to thee I give,
O God of truth, thou canst not lie; (Num. 23:19, Titus 1:2)
What thou hast said shall surely be:
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)

Verse 4
Though earth and hell the word gain say,
The word of God can never fail: (Isa. 55:11, Matt. 5:18, Matt. 24:35, Mark 13:31, Luke 16:17, Luke 21:33)
The Lamb shall take my sins away, (John 1:29)
’Tis certain, though impossible;
The thing impossible shall be:
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)

Verse 5
When thou the work of faith hast wrought, (I Thess. 1:3, II Thess. 1:11)
I here shall in thine image shine, (Rom. 8:29, II Cor. 3:18)
Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought;
Let men exclaim, and fiends repine,
They cannot break the firm decree:
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)

Verse 6
Th’ unchangeable decree is past,
The sure predestinating word, (Eph. 1:5, Rom. 8:29-30)
That I, who on my Lord am cast,
I shall be like my sinless Lord: (Rom. 8:29, I John 3:2)
’Twas fixt from all eternity:
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)

Verse 7
Thy mouth, O Lord, hath spoke, hath sworn
That I shall serve thee without fear, (Luke 1:74)
Shall find the pearl which others spurn, (Matt. 13:45-46)
Holy, and pure, and perfect here, (Matt. 5:48)
The servant as his Lord shall be:
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)

Verse 8
All things are possible to God, (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)
To Christ the power of God in man, (I Cor. 1:24)
To me, when I am all renew’d,
When I in Christ am born again, (John 3:3, John 3:7, I Pet. 1:23)
And witness, from all sin set free, (Rom. 6:7, Rom. 6:18, Rom. 6:22, Rom. 8:2)
All things are possible to me. (Matt. 19:26, Mark 9:23, Mark 10:27, Mark 14:36, Luke 18:27, Matt. 17:20, Luke 1:37, Phil. 4:13)