Ambassador of the Most-high,
Thy Father sent thee from the sky
To make his truth and mercy known;
And every chosen instrument
By thee into the world is sent,
To carry thy great business on:
They of thy work obtain a part,
And labouring sinners to convert,
Their ministerial task fulfil,
Ready their lives to sacrifice,
(That precious souls may reach the skies)
And with their blood the record seal.
Ambassador of the Most-High
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.’—[John 17,] v. 18." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 55.
Publishing: Public Domain