The seers, and holy men of old
Have spoken of these gospel-days,
The kingdom of their Lord foretold,
The reigning power of Jesus grace:
O might their prophecies on me,
On every soul, be soon fulfil’d,
Redeem’d from all iniquity,
Rejoicing in our pardon seal’d!
The seers and holy men of God
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘All the prophets have foretold of these days.’—[Acts 3,] v. 24.” 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 167.
Publishing: Public Domain