While, as thy oracles injoin,
We every doctrine prove,
That only faith we judge divine
Which works by humble love,
Hold fast the word that comes from thee,
And always shall endure,
The truth that makes thy servants free,
And pure as thou art pure.
While, as Thy oracles enjoin
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.”—[1 Thess.] v. 21. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 94.
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