An old disciple of thy Lord,
Mnason, receive thy sacred guest,
(Thy hospitable love’s reward)
As with an host of angels blest:
Thou canst no more on earth require;
For if possest of Paul thou art,
Thou hast the Gentile Church entire,
Carried in their Apostle’s heart.
An old disciple of thy Lord
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The disciples brought with them one Mnason, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge.’—[Acts 21,] v. 16." 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 386.
Publishing: Public Domain