In vain with angry hearts we dare

In vain with angry hearts we dare
Nigh to thine altar move,
Since neither sacrifice, nor prayer
Atones for want of love:
O may we each with each agree
Thro’ thine uniting grace,
Our gift shall then accepted be,
Our life of love and praise.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “First be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.”—[Matt.] v. 24. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). 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 168.
Publishing: Public Domain