O that all mankind might hear him,
Teacher, friend of all mankind,
Every ransom’d soul revere him,
In his blood redemption find!
Sinners, know your present Saviour,
Listen to his love’s advice,
Find in him the Father’s favour,
Find the way to paradise.
O that all mankind might hear him
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Hear ye him.”—[Matt.] xvii. 5. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 305.
Publishing: Public Domain