Behold the’ Apostles of the Lamb

Verse 1
Behold th’ apostles of the Lamb!
They follow meek, wherever led,
Who preach’d the truth in Jesus name
They come to suffer, as their Head,
With power divine endued and fill’d
To man’s authority they yield.

Verse 2
They will not enemies withstand,
Or use their power, themselves to save,
Their lives are in the Saviour’s hand,
In whom they full affiance have
And know, their Lord will keep his own,
Till all his will and work be done.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘They brought them without violence.’—Acts 5, v. 26.” 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 189.
Publishing: Public Domain