Hymns · 1762

While Thou dost our souls restore

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 “Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, &c.”—[Ezek.] xxxvii. 23. 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 63.

Scripture connections

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Deuteronomy 6:5 Deuteronomy 10:12 Deuteronomy 11:13 Deuteronomy 13:3 Deuteronomy 30:6 Psalm 23:3 Psalm 97:10 Psalm 119:104 Ezekiel 37:23 Matthew 22:37 Mark 12:30 Luke 10:27 Romans 12:9

Lyrics

While thou dost our souls restore (Ps. 23:3)
To their unsinning state,
Give us evil to abhor, (Ps. 97:10, Ps. 119:104, Rom. 12:9)
And every idol hate; (Ezek. 37:23)
Nature’s filthiness remove, (Ezek. 37:23)
Filthiness of self and pride,
Only thee that we may love, (Deut. 6:5, Deut. 10:12, Deut. 11:13, Deut. 13:3, Deut. 30:6, Matt. 22:37, Mark 12:30, Luke 10:27)
And pure ’till death abide.