The comfort lost, and soon restor’d,
Doth more transporting bliss afford,
And makes my joy o’reflow;
I bless th’ inlightning word that brings
My soul t’ adore the King of kings,
God manifest below.
The comfort lost, and soon restored
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.’—[Matt. 2,] v. 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 143.
Publishing: Public Domain