Frighten’d by a servant’s word

Verse 1
Frighten’d by a servant’s word
Who Christ so late denied,
Boldly now he owns his Lord
By sinners crucified,
Publishes before his foes
The saving power of Jesus name,
To th’ assembled nations shows
The glories of the Lamb.

Verse 2
This the work of thy right-hand,
Thy Spirit’s work I see!
This shall make my weakness stand,
Shall soon embolden me.
Saviour, at thy bleeding cross
I wait; and faithfully expect
From the same almighty Cause
The same Divine effect.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Peter standing up ... lift up his voice &c.’—[Acts 2,] v. 14.” It 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 145.
Publishing: Public Domain