Who in the steps of Jesus treads,
The surest testimony gives,
He speaks less by his words than deeds,
The truth’s authentic witness lives;
And lo! throughout his life is show’d
The wisdom and the power of God!
Who in the steps of Jesus treads
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.’—[John 10,] v. 25." 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. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 463.
Publishing: Public Domain