The joyful news of pardon’d sin

Verse 1
The joyful news of pardon’d sin
Did at Jerusalem begin,
And Paul the rule Divine pursues,
And offers first the grace to Jews,
The kingdom of celestial peace,
And joy, and endless righteousness.

Verse 2
Jesus, with his undaunted zeal
If Thou thy weakest servant fill,
I shall th’ experienc’d truth maintain,
Like him, nor fear the face of man,
But fully my commission prove,
Nor ever doubt thy faithful love.

Verse 3
What can resist thy powerful word,
Or stand against thy Spirit’s sword?
With this I combat every foe,
And conquering, on to conquer go,
Convince, persuade them to believe,
And Thee into their hearts receive.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He went into the synagogues, and spake boldly, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.’—[Acts 19,] v. 8." 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 390-91.
Publishing: Public Domain