Who minister the gospel-word

Who minister the gospel-word,
And truly fast unto the Lord,
And seek his face in prayer,
To them He doth unfold his mind,
(Whate’er he hath for each design’d,)
And all his will declare.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘As they ministred to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said &c.’—[Acts 13,] v. 2.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 349.
Publishing: Public Domain