While in faithful hearts we bear

While in faithful hearts we bear
Thy name invincible,
We its energy declare,
And all its wonders tell,
Speak a language new and pure
The language of celestial love,
Speak with tongues which shall endure,
And sing thy praise above.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘They shall speak with new tongues.’—[Mark 16,] v. 17.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” 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 1977/574, 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 98.
Publishing: Public Domain