Th’ unworthiest of thy ministers,
O God, is truly thine,
The sacred character he bears,
Th’ authority divine:
Nor doth the sacramental grace
On man, but Thee depend,
Who promisest thy church to bless,
And guide till time shall end.
Th’ unworthiest of thy ministers
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He was numbred with us, and had obtained part of this ministry.’—[Acts 1,] v. 17.” This hymn 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 286.
Publishing: Public Domain