True followers of their Lord,
To Christ who closest cleave,
They trust his providential word
For all they here receive;
Unknowing how or where
He will their wants supply,
In faith they cast on Him their care,
In peace they live, and die.
True followers of their Lord
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?’—[Matt. 26,] v. 17.” 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 399.
Publishing: Public Domain