All these sacred words I read,
But have I understood,
Has my heart receiv’d indeed
The precious truths of God?
Let me by my actions say
That Christ I savingly have known,
Still believe, confess, obey,
And love my Lord alone.
All these sacred words I read
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.’—[Matt. 13,] v. 51.” 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 277.
Publishing: Public Domain