When Jesus’ kingdom is reveal’d,
The law’s in every point fulfil’d,
Its shadows to the light give place,
Its figures to the truth of grace,
Th’ event, when we on Christ rely,
Accomplishes the prophecy,
The promise in th’ effect we prove,
And fear forever lost in love.
When Jesus’ kingdom is revealed
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail.’—[Luke 16,] v. 17.” 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 159.
Publishing: Public Domain