Unmov’d by human hope or fear,
Who publishes his Lord,
Speaks, as Jehovah’s messenger,
Th’ authoritative word,
Boldly of Christ he testifies,
And knows his Lord’s intent
That those who hear should recognize
The Sender in the sent.
Unmoved by human hope or fear
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Then Paul stood up, and beckning with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience.’—[Acts 13,] v. 16.” 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 277.
Publishing: Public Domain