But lo, the Lord for ever lives,
And freely still his Spirit gives,
Who never ties to one his grace,
Can other faithful prophets raise:
He doth his labourers remove,
Yet carries on his work of love,
By whom he will delights to send,
And bless his church, ’till time shall end.
But lo, the Lord for ever lives
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Elisha died, and they buried him.”—[II. Kings] xiii. 20. 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 197.
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