Jesus, Thy word till time shall end

Verse 1
Jesus, thy word, till time shall end,
The ministerial call imparts,
Thou only dost thy servants send
By speaking peace into our hearts:
We then declare the things we know,
Ourselves assur’d of sin forgiven,
Glad tidings of salvation show,
And publish peace ’twixt earth and heaven.

Verse 2
Apostle of thy Father, Thee,
Our Peace we joyfully proclaim,
Strong in thy Spirit’s energy
Divulge the wonders of thy name;
With thy divine commission sent,
Ambassadors of the Most-high,
We cry to all mankind’—Repent;
Believe; obey; and mount the sky!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Peace be unto you: As my Father hath sent me, even so send I you.’—[John 20,] v. 21." 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 107.
Publishing: Public Domain