Ye children of God, Your father adore

Verse 1
Ye Children of GOD, your Father adore,
By Satan unaw’d Rejoice evermore,
Where Christians Assemble, He always is near,
But Satan shall tremble, for Jesus is here.

Verse 2
We trust in our Lord, Our Saviour and King,
Him true to his Word, we joyfully sing,
By stedfast Reliance on Jesu’s Blood,
We set at Defiance, The World and it’s GOD.

Verse 3
He walks to and fro, And seeks to devour,
Poor Sinners below, Who yield to his Power,
But we cannot fear him, the Children of Light,
Our Musick shall scare him, and put him to Flight.

Verse 4
He flies at the Sound of Jesus’s Name
Our Triumphs abound thro’ Jesus the Lamb
Our Jesus the Bruizer, For Sinners who bled
Casts down the Accuser, And crushes his Head.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Hymns to be Sung in a Tumult. IV.” This hymn appears in the ca. 1743 manuscript “MS Thirty.” 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 1977/424, 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 245.
Publishing: Public Domain