Hymns · 1762

Self-destroy'd for help I pray

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 “Thou hast destroyed thyself, but in me is thine help.”—[Hosea] xiii. 9. 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 to

Hosea 13:9 Mark 9:24

Lyrics

Self-destroy’d for help I pray:
Help me, Saviour, from above, (Hosea 13:9)
Help me to believe, obey, (Mark 9:24)
Help me to repent, and love,
Help to keep the graces given,
Help me quite from hell to heaven.