Earth’s remotest countries now
The law of Christ receive,
Heathens once, to Him we bow,
And in his name believe,
Hold, of Jesus’ Spirit possest,
Communion sweet with Saints forgiven,
Banquet at the royal feast,
And eat the bread of heaven.
Earth’s remotest countries now
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘They shall come from the east ... and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.’—[Luke 13,] v. 29.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 221.
Publishing: Public Domain