Slander’d in the cause of Jesus,
When we suffer for his name,
Jesus then delights to bless us,
Jesus dignifies our shame,
Then the Comforter is given,
Earnest of our glorious rest,
Seals the raptur’d heirs of heaven,
Fills his temple in our breast.
Slander’d in the cause of Jesus
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye.”—[1 Pet.] iv. 14. 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 183.
Publishing: Public Domain