Few on their ministry attend

Verse 1
Few on their ministry attend
Who preach themselves, not Christ the Lord:
But if our God his Spirit send,
And give the dead-reviving word,
When Shiloh doth himself reveal,
To Him the people gather still.

Verse 2
Who preach the genuine word of God,
His presence doth their labours bless,
And while the eager multitude
Doth to the joyful tidings press,
Both minister and people join
In faith, to prove the word Divine.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them: and he preached the word unto them.’—Mark 2, v. 2.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” 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 1977/574, 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 454.
Publishing: Public Domain