Numbers frequent Thy house of prayer

Verse 1
Numbers frequent thy house of prayer,
And wait thy loving-kindness there,
Lift up their voice, and sue for grace,
But, silent in the Giver’s praise,
A thousand blessings they receive,
Yet never to thy glory live.

Verse 2
A grateful soul cannot defer
Redeeming mercy to declare,
He must his thankful love express,
His Saviour before men confess,
And, witnessing his sins forgiven,
Give glory to the God of heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And one of them when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God.'—[Luke 17,] v. 15.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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 252.
Publishing: Public Domain