Angel divine, who goest before
Thine Israel in protecting power,
The cloudy pillar interpose,
To stop the fury of our foes,
Behind our threaten’d camp appear,
And let thy glory guard our rear.
Angel Divine, who goest before
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The angel remov’d, and went behind them, &c.”—[Exod.] xiv. 19. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 45.
Publishing: Public Domain