Hymns · 1762

Loved for a time, they might have been

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher 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 “I will love them no more.”—[Hosea] ix. 15. 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 78.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Isaiah 59:2

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Hosea 9:15 John 13:1 Romans 8:38-39

Lyrics

Lov’d for a time, they might have been (Hosea 9:15)
Forever lov’d by thee:
Nothing can separate but sin (Isa. 59:2, Rom. 8:38-39)
Betwixt my God and me:
From sin, from wilful sin alone,
Saviour, my soul defend,
And thou who freely lov’st thine own,
Shalt love me to the end. (John 13:1)