Still may the preachers of thy word
May the disciples be
Dispensers of thy Spirit, Lord,
In faith and charity:
Apostles to the ransom’d race,
Let all thy church be join’d
To spread throughout the earth thy grace,
To season all mankind.
Still may the preachers of thy word
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Ye are the salt of the earth.”—[Matt.] v. 13. 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 164.
Publishing: Public Domain