Jesus, our absent Brethren bless

Verse 1
Jesus, our absent Brethren bless,
Absent in body not in heart,
Kept from the channels of thy grace,
Shut up with Thee who pray apart,
And let that Spirit obtain’d for all,
On Eldad and on Medad fall.

Verse 2
O might they now the blessing find,
The grace on this assembly shed,
While to the living members join’d,
And close united to our Head
One body and one church we rise,
And greet our brethren in the skies.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “For those that are shut up.” This hymn was included in a manuscript titled “Hymns of Intercession” or “MS Intercession.” This manuscript is held by the Methodist Archive and Research Centre of the John Rylands Library at The University of Manchester (accession number DDCW 6/68–70). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992), page 230.
Publishing: Public Domain