If Jesus answers not a word,
He urges still his silent Lord,
He will not let him rest;
Resolv’d the Master to pursue,
He wearies out the servants too,
To second his request.
If Jesus answers not a word
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘But he answered her not a word. And the disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away, for she crieth after us.’—[Matt. 15,] v. 23.” 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 291.
Publishing: Public Domain