Hymns · 1764

Zealots the Church of Christ oppose

Details

Hymnal / album Acts (manuscript)

Publisher Kingswood Books

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Originally titled: “‘Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou Me?’—[Acts 22,] v. 7." 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 408.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Acts 9:1-6 Acts 22:4-8

Lyrics

Zealots the Church of Christ oppose,
Fierce champions for a God unknown,
And think they persecute his foes, (Acts 9:1-6, Acts 22:4-8)
When most they persecute his Son. (Acts 22:7)