Hymns · 1762

What canst Thou do to me, whose good

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 “O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee?”—[Hosea] vi. 4. 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 77.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Hosea 6:4

Lyrics

What canst thou do to me, whose good (Hosea 6:4)
Is transient, as a morning cloud?
To me stability impart,
And fix thy goodness in my heart.