The genuine Apostolic word

Verse 1
The genuine Apostolic word
From every chosen instrument
We hear as from their heavenly Lord,
Honour the Sender in the sent,
Our ear, and willing heart incline,
And prove by faith the word Divine.

Verse 2
But who th’ Ambassadors despise,
Their office, word, and person scorn,
Refuse a message from the skies,
From God and not from man they turn,
Divine authority disown,
Reject the Father and the Son.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He that heareth you, heareth me.’—[Luke 10,] v. 16.” 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), pages 118-19.
Publishing: Public Domain