Whoe’er to Thee, O Christ, belong,
And nothing but thy glory seek,
Thy Spirit rules their mind and tongue,
And gives them what and how to speak:
Thy witness need not fear surprize,
He never can be off his guard,
Who on thy faithful word relies
Which always keeps his heart prepar’d.
Whoe’er to Thee, O Christ, belong
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘When they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak &c.’—[Matt. 10,] v. 19.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 237.
Publishing: Public Domain