The men of a place

Verse 1
The men of a place Where Jesus hath been,
Acknowledge his grace Which saves them from sin,
To others discover The power of his word,
And all the land over They publish their Lord.

Verse 2
The cure we have found Thro’ faith in his name,
The country around We gladly proclaim,
The worst, if he pleases, To Christ may draw near,
Who heals our diseases, Who pardons us here.

Verse 3
To those that believe Salvation is sure:
Come all, and receive Your spiritual cure:
Ye now may approach him, And calling him Lord,
The moment ye touch him, Your souls are restor’d.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased.’—[Matt. 14,] v. 35.” 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 286.
Publishing: Public Domain