The faithful, acceptable word

Verse 1
The faithful, acceptable word
“That ransom’d sinners may embrace
“Their merciful Almighty Lord,”
With all his gospel-labourers stays;
Their mission first by signs he seal’d:
His Providence doth still attend,
And still his secret grace reveal’d
Works in their hearts, till time shall end.

Verse 2
Saviour, we on thy word rely:
The word of truth and present power
Doth wound, and heal, and sanctify,
To peace, and perfect love restore:
With pardon and salvation blest,
Wonders we to the world proclaim;
Wonders of grace, they are not ceas’d,
But daily wrought in Jesus Name!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘They went forth and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following.’—[Mark 16,] v. 20.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” 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 1977/574, 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 100.
Publishing: Public Domain