Who preach the truth, the gospel-word
Must no repose expect to know,
To suffer like their patient Lord
Is all their recompense below:
Their suffering is their mission’s seal,
They glory in captivity,
If Christ thereby his grace reveal,
And set th’ imprison’d spirits, free.
Who preach the truth, the gospel-word
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold.’—[Acts 4,] v. 3.” 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 169.
Publishing: Public Domain