When Satan rules and urges on

When Satan rules and urges on
The blindfold slaves of wickedness,
Lanterns they bring, to seek the Sun,
And arms, th’ Omnipotent to seize.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Judas cometh thither with lanterns, and torches, and weapons.’—[John 18,] v. 3." 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 66.
Publishing: Public Domain