An herald of the grace divine

Verse 1
An herald of the grace divine
Can say [“]My doctrine is not mine,
“But his who sent me forth,
“Freely what I receive to give,
“And tell the world, They all may live
“Thro’ Jesus’ dying worth.[”]

Verse 2
The truths he speaks are not his own,
God teaches him, and God alone,
The mystery to explain,
Opens his mouth to preach the word,
And tells our hearts, It is the Lord,
Who gives such power to man.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.’—[John 7,] v. 16." 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 401.
Publishing: Public Domain