Open their hearts, almighty Lord

Open their hearts, Almighty Lord,
That sinners may receive
With joyful readiness thy word,
And by thy gospel live:
Thousands in this, and every day,
Unto thy people join,
And let their spotless lives display
The power of faith divine.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.’—[Acts 2,] v. 41.” It 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 152.
Publishing: Public Domain