God in mercy sent again
His gospel-ministers,
Tell them now, that God is man,
And in their flesh appears!
Blest in Him, supremely blest,
To Jesus’ name, ye sinners, bow;
Come, and share the marriage-feast,
For all is ready now.
God in mercy sent again
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Again he sent forth other servants saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner &c.’—[Matt. 22,] v. 4.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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 349.
Publishing: Public Domain