God, to make His mercy known

God, to make his mercy known,
His wondrous power declares,
Shews the gracious work his own,
His own the messengers;
Answering, Lord, thy great design,
Our faith’s integrity we prove
By the bond of peace divine,
And all-uniting love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘By the hands of the Apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch.’—[Acts 5,] v. 12.” This hymn 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 184.
Publishing: Public Domain