The work of righteousness is peace;
The great reward’s already given,
And all thy servants, Lord, confess
Obedient love is present heaven.
The work of righteousness is peace
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “In keeping of them there is great reward.”—[Psalm] xix. 11. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 277.
Publishing: Public Domain