Brethren, the gospel hear,
Ye all are Abraham’s line,
Ye all the righteous God may fear,
And taste the love divine,
The promis’d Seed embrace,
Your father’s steps pursue;
The word of truth and saving grace
Is surely sent to you:
The soul-converting word
To sinners we proclaim,
Redemption in a dying Lord,
And peace by Jesus’ name:
And while our God imparts
The Comforter from heaven,
The word is sent into your hearts,
And seals your sins forgiven.
Brethren, the gospel hear
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.’—[Acts 13,] 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 354.
Publishing: Public Domain