Who in the faith of Abraham tread,
Like Isaac unto death obey,
With God, like wrestling Jacob, plead,
And wait to see my Saviour’s day,
I shall with them in heaven sit down,
And wear a patriarchal crown.
Who in the faith of Abraham tread, like Isaac
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.’—[Matt. 8,] v. 11.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/577, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 212.
Publishing: Public Domain