The word whose energy we feel

Verse 1
The word whose energy we feel,
Which in our hearts doth richly dwell,
We constantly declare:
The fire shut up fatigues our breast;
We must speak on, forbid to rest,
And never can forbear.

Verse 2
To all the gospel we proclaim,
The word of peace thro’ Jesus Name,
Of righteousness and love,
Which saves, and wholly sanctifies,
Assures us of our calling’s prize,
And crowns with life above.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Paul and Barnabas continued in Antioch, preaching the word of the Lord.’—[Acts 15,] v. 35.” 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 370.
Publishing: Public Domain