When reason is by wrath supprest

Verse 1
When reason is by wrath supprest,
And frantic Superstition reigns,
Hark, how the many-headed beast
The great Diana’s cause maintains,
And Legion fierce with all his powers
The church, the church, incessant roars!

Verse 2
“High is the Church, whoe’er oppose,
“Whoe’er attempt to pull her down!
“High is the Church! ’gainst all her foes,
“The drunken sons of Babylon,
“Reeling—we stand—in Order’s aid—
“And swear—t’ uphold the Craftsmen’s trade![”]

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘All with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians!’—[Acts 19,] v. 34." 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 397.
Publishing: Public Domain