Hymn
How Can A Sinner Know
How can a sinner know
His sins on earth forgiven?
How can my gracious Saviour show
My name inscribed in heaven?
What we have felt and seen
With confidence we tell;
And publish to the sons of men
The signs infallible.
We who in Christ believe
That he for us hath died,
We all his unknown peace receive,
And feel his blood applied.
Exults our rising soul,
Disburdened of her load,
And swells unutterably full
Of glory and of God.
His love, surpassing far
The love of all beneath,
We find within our heart, and dare
The pointless darts of death.
Stronger than death or hell,
The sacred power we prove;
And, conqu'rors of the world, we dwell
In heaven, who dwell in love.
How Can A Sinner Know — Text from The Voice of Praise, 1873. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/how-can-a-sinner-know
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote How Can A Sinner Know?
The words of How Can A Sinner Know were written by Charles Wesley; the version here was published in 1873. The library holds 105 more hymns by Charles Wesley, including Jesus, United by Thy Grace and The Spirits of the Just Made Perfect.
Is How Can A Sinner Know public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The Voice of Praise, published in 1873. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of How Can A Sinner Know?
How Can A Sinner Know is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Sweet is Thy mercy, Lord, Bounteous in Mercy and Goodness and Jesus, who knows full well.