Ye murmur and accuse in vain

Verse 1
Ye murmur, and accuse in vain,
That mingling with the worst of men
Fraternal love we show:
Our Master did with sinners eat;
His servants count it right and meet
In all his steps to go.

Verse 2
Who want the form of godliness
To them we must our love express:
But always ready are
A simple full account to give,
And with our angry brethren’s leave
The matter to declare.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.’—[Acts 11,] 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 254.
Publishing: Public Domain