One single minister renew’d

Verse 1
One single minister renew’d,
And fill’d with faith’s resistless might,
Does wonders in the cause of God,
Puts Satan’s synagogue to flight,
In all his loving toils succeeds,
And Christ among the people spreads.

Verse 2
Such ministers, O Christ ordain,
And fill with power invincible,
Thy truth and goodness to maintain,
Thro’ Stephen’s faith, and fervent zeal
Mighty the alien host t’ o’rethrow,
And all thy gracious wonders show.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Stephen full of faith and power, did great wonders among the people.’—[Acts 6,] v. 8.” 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 199.
Publishing: Public Domain