The character a servant bears
He for his Master’s sake maintains,
Regardless how on earth he fares,
If plac’d as Providence ordains:
From house to house he never roves,
Urg’d by a light, voluptuous mind,
But sent by Him whose work he loves,
He runs, and leaves himself behind.
The character a servant bears
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Whatsoever city or town ye shall enter into, inquire who in it is worthy, and then abide till ye go thence.’—[Matt. 10,] v. 11.” 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 235.
Publishing: Public Domain