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 “In their affliction they will seek me early.”—[Hosea] v. 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 76.
Scripture connections
Allusions
Verses this song echoes or alludes toLyrics
The promise of my chastning God (Heb. 12:5-11, Job 5:17-18)
I humbled in the dust receive, (Job 42:6)
Respire beneath my sinful load,
In hope thou wilt again forgive,
Return my evil to remove,
My sole desire to satisfy,
And let me taste once more thy love,
Once more behold thy face, and die. (Hosea 5:15, Ex. 33:20, Luke 2:29-30)