Happy the man by Jesus sent

Verse 1
Happy the man by Jesus sent,
Mercy’s chosen instrument
That sinners may receive
The gospel of redeeming grace,
Their Friend and Peacemaker embrace,
And savingly believe.

Verse 2
Oh that the happiness were mine!
Lamb immaculate, Divine,
I would thy love proclaim,
Declare how full of grace Thou art,
That heathens poor in life and heart
May truly bear thy name.

Verse 3
While at my mouth the outcasts hear
Tidings of salvation near,
Of present, endless rest,
Saviour, let faith by hearing come,
The weary prodigals bring home,
And lodge them in thy breast.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe.’—[Acts 15,] v. 7.” 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 297.
Publishing: Public Domain