A vision true is proved by fear

A vision true is prov’d by fear;
We start as at illusion near,
Unworthy of the grace,
Disturb’d by the celestial sight,
Till humble love and calm delight
The dread and trouble chase.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.'—[Luke 1,] v. 12.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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 102.
Publishing: Public Domain