Though men Thy yoke disdain

Verse 1
Tho’ men thy yoke disdain,
Thy rights Thou wilt maintain:
King of disobedient Jews,
King of inward Jews Thou art:
Those thine iron rod shall bruise,
These thou hidest in thy heart.

Verse 2
All must confess thy power,
And perish, or adore:
O might I thy goodness feel,
Object of thy mercy prove,
Jesus, change my rebel will,
Prince of peace, and God of love.

Verse 3
I long to feel thy sway,
And all thy laws obey:
King of righteousness, appear,
Reign o’re all thy saints alone,
Stablish thy dominion here,
Fix in me thy heavenly throne.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Art thou the king of the Jews? and he answered him and said, Thou sayst it.’—[Luke 23,] v. 3.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 296.
Publishing: Public Domain