Speak, Divine Interpreter,
Thine own prophetic word,
All my listening soul is ear,
And hangs upon its Lord,
Fixt mine eye of faith on Thee,
From whom it never shall remove,
Till thine open face I see,
And hear thy voice above.
Speak, Divine Interpreter
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The eyes of all were fastened on him.’—[Luke 4,] v. 20.” 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 135.
Publishing: Public Domain