Who at His cross had stood

Verse 1
Who at his cross had stood,
And seen the dying God,
Happy Magdalene receives
The first visit from her Lord,
By his resurrection lives,
Finds in Him her full reward.

Verse 2
He thus delights t’ approve
Her constancy of love,
Shews himself alive to her
Once by seven devils possest,
Now his chosen messenger,
Now prefer’d to all the rest.

Verse 3
He still vouchsafes to bless
Who boldly Him confess,
Prize their Saviour’s grief and shame,
Will not from his cross remove,
These he calls to bear his name,
Honours with his richest love.

Verse 4
These are the souls he sends
To chear his drooping friends,
These his choicest fav’rites are;
Crown’d for their fidelity,
These at last his glory share,
These his face forever see.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When Jesus was risen, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.’—[Mark 16,] v. 9.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Mark.” 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 1977/574, 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 93.
Publishing: Public Domain