The great Angel of the Lord
Attends invisible,
Ready to apply his word,
His ordinance to seal;
To the Majesty of God
Presents his people’s sacrifice,
Mixt with the atoning blood,
And fragrant thro’ the skies.
The great Angel of the Lord
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘There appeared unto him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.'—[Luke 1,] v. 11.” 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 102.
Publishing: Public Domain