Thy friends instructed are by Thee

Thy friends instructed are by Thee,
Jehovah’s only Son,
The secrets of eternity
Are to thy church made known;
The Unction doth in us abide,
In all thro’ grace forgiven,
The Spirit is our inward Guide
And leads our souls to heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘All things that I have heard of my Father, I have made known unto you.’—[John 15,] v. 15." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 27.
Publishing: Public Domain