The God of love our souls prepares
All his commands t’ embrace,
And then, in season due confers
The dear Redeemer’s grace:
A general willingness he gives:
And then the suppliant poor
The gospel-happiness receives,
And knows his pardon sure.
The God of love our souls prepares
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When he cometh, he shall speak unto thee &c.’—[Acts 10,] v. 32.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 338.
Publishing: Public Domain