Lord, the sacred terror send

Verse 1
Lord, the sacred terror send
Into the worldly croud,
Thus thine heritage defend
From all who know not God:
Put the infidels in fear,
And let them at a distance stand,
Till by humble faith brought near
They join the happy band.

Verse 2
Guarded by thy loving care,
And compassed about,
While we watch with ceaseless prayer
To keep th’ unworthy out;
Men of upright hearts sincere
Thou wilt increase and multiply,
Added to thy people here,
With us to live, and die

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And believers were the more added.’—[Acts 5,] v. 14.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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 185.
Publishing: Public Domain