Jesus, Thy ministers receive

Verse 1
Jesus, thy ministers receive
A light which study cannot give;
Divinely taught they are,
To propagate thy truths below
And teach the doctrines which they know
By diligence in prayer.

Verse 2
Thy law is in their inward parts,
Thy Spirit inspires their faithful hearts
With wisdom from above,
He gives the meaning of thy word,
And much they know of their dear Lord,
For much they pray and love.

Verse 3
The scorn of men, the worldling’s fool
Commences in thy Spirit’s school
Unto salvation wise,
The heavenly path to sinners shows,
And mighty in the scripture goes
Their Leader to the skies.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?’—[John 7,] v. 15." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 401.
Publishing: Public Domain