The servant by his Master led

The servant by his Master led
Knows when to stand, and when recede,
Or to the rage of man gives place,
Or turns against the storm his face.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence.’—[Matt. 14,] v. 13.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 279.
Publishing: Public Domain