Come, divine Interpreter, Of Thy own sacred Word

Verse 1
Come, divine Interpreter
Of thy own most sacred word,
The deep things of God declare,
Testify of Christ the Lord,
Life, eternal life impart,
Speak the truth into my heart.

Verse 2
Christ, The Truth, the Life, the Way
Thine alone it is to show:
Help me for thy help to pray,
Teach me God in Christ to know,
Christ the Lord my Lord to prove,
Mine to call, adore, and love.

Verse 3
Him the self-existent God,
Sole, supreme, in me reveal,
Witness with Jehovah’s blood,
Taste of joys unspeakable,
Seal, and bid my soul arise,
Give me wings to reach the skies.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “Before reading the Scripture.” This hymn appears in the ca. 1786 manuscript “MS Miscellaneous Hymns.” 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 1977/556, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 2). 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992), page 177.
Publishing: Public Domain