The foes of our Lord, Who multitudes see

Verse 1
The foes of our Lord Who multitudes see
Made straight and restor’d By mercy, like me,
With wonders surrounded No credence they give,
And must be confounded, Who will not believe.

Verse 2
But we the base throng Our voices may raise,
And sing the new song To Jesus’s praise:
With joy we adore Thee, Thy miracles own,
And give thee the glory Of all Thou hast done.

Verse 3
Bow’d down to the ground, But pris’ners of hope,
We heard the glad sound That lifted us up:
The news of thy passion It set our hearts free,
And call’d to salvation We found it in Thee.

Verse 4
The works of thy grace Exulting we sing,
Our tribute of praise And thankfulness bring:
Thou, Saviour, hast bought us, And sprinkled with blood,
Hast ransom’d, and brought us Accepted to God.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘All her [his] adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.'—[Luke 13,] v. 17.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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 219.
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