The valiant in his valour trusts

Verse 1
The valiant in his valour trusts,
But Christians in the Lord of hosts,
When blackest storms impend;
And who his sure protection claim,
The bold defenders of his name
He will himself defend.

Verse 2
What can the friend of Jesus dread,
Who toils his Saviour’s name to spread,
Who in his person speaks!
Speaks, as the Spirit utterance gives,
To serve his Saviour’s cause he lives,
And Jesus glory seeks!

Verse 3
Jesus, this feeble heart of mine
Inspire with confidence divine
And teach me what to say,
So shall I fearlesly go on,
And make thy name, thy nature known,
Though death obstruct the way.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus.’—[Acts 9,] v. 29.” 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), pages 330-31.
Publishing: Public Domain