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 be thy King.”—[Hosea] xiii. 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 80.
Scripture connections
Allusions
Verses this song echoes or alludes toLyrics
On earth I ask no more
Than to be rul’d by thee: (Hosea 13:10)
Thy kingdom, Lord, restore, (Matt. 6:10, Luke 11:2)
Set up thy throne in me,
Then shall I own with those above
Omnipotence is lost in love.