Th’ ambassador of Jesus see,
Who publish’d first the gospel-word!
His equipage is poverty,
His fund the promise of his Lord:
The gifts which freely he receives,
Freely he gives for Jesus sake,
And to succeeding labourers leaves
A pattern few have hearts to take.
The’ ambassador of Jesus see
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Provide neither gold nor silver ... nor scrip for your journey &c.’—[Matt. 10,] v. 9, 10.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 234.
Publishing: Public Domain