Scripture Verse

Those that walk in pride He is able to abase. Daniel 4:37

Introduction

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Charles H. Gabriel (1856–1932)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 1299.

Music: Kia­wah Charles H. Ga­bri­el, in Ep­worth Prais­es (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Ep­worth League, 1909), num­ber 11 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Throughout my fall­en soul I feel
The strength of pride in­vin­ci­ble;
But Thou, th’al­migh­ty God of grace,
Canst proud as­pir­ing worms abase;
All things are pos­si­ble to Thee,
Display Thy hum­bling pow­er on me,
And for His sake, to me im­part
My Sav­ior’s low­li­ness of heart.