Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And thou child shalt be called the prophet of THE HIGHEST, for thou shalt GO BEFORE the FACE of the LORD to PREPARE HIS WAYS.’—Luke i. 76. ‘Behold, I send my messenger BEFORE THY FACE, to PREPARE THY WAY before thee.’—Matt. xi. 10.” Introduced in Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Trinity (Bristol: William Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 209.

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