Through the ministry of man

Verse 1
Thro’ the ministry of man
Whoe’er their cure receive,
Fondly they at first detain,
And to the preacher cleave:
Farther taught by grace divine,
The Author of all good they own,
Every instrument resign,
And cleave to Christ alone.

Verse 2
Lord, in these thy Spirit’s days
Thou dost thy work renew,
Daily miracles of grace
On helpless sinners shew:
O might all the thoughtless croud
With wonder struck my change to see,
Flock into the courts of God,
And run for faith to Thee!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘As the lame man which was healed, held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch which is called Solomon’s, greatly wondring.’—[Acts 3,] v. [11].” 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 161.
Publishing: Public Domain