Scripture Verse

Diotrephes…loveth to have preeminence among them. 3 John 9

Introduction

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 812.

Music: Sweet Hour Will­iam B. Brad­bu­ry, Gold­en Chain (New York: 1861) (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William B. Bradbury (1816–1868)

Lyrics

Jesus, out of our hearts re­move,
The bane of self-pre­fer­ring love,
Which odi­ous in Thy saints ap­pear,
Most odi­ous in Thy min­is­ters;
Let each con­fess with hum­ble shame,
I no­thing have, I no­thing am;
The least of saints with pi­ty see,
The chief of sin­ners save in me!