Stand we in the good old way

Verse 1
Stand we in the good old way,
Who Christ by faith receive,
Heartily we must obey,
If truly we believe:
Other way can none declare
Than this from which we ne’er will move:
Sav’d by grace thro’ faith we are,
Thro’ faith that works by love.

Verse 2
Walking in this heavenly path
By saints and martyrs trod,
Freely justified by faith,
We now have peace with God;
Peace, unuterable peace!
The faithful feel it in their breast,
Then the rest of holiness,
And then the glorious rest!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Stand ye in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.”—[Jer.] vi. 16. 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 15.
Publishing: Public Domain