Highlights from Charles Wesley’s Poem “Hymn to Christ the Prophet”

Prophet, on earth bestow’d,
A Teacher sent from God,
Thee we welcome from above;
Sent the Father to reveal,
Sent to manifest His love,
Sent to teach His perfect will.

The lesser stars that shone,
Till Thy great course begun,
With imparted lustre bright,
Render’d back their borrow’d ray,
Pointing to Thy perfect light,
Ushering in Thy glorious day.

Ah, give us, Lord, to know
Thy office here below:
Preach deliverance to the poor;
Sent for this, O Christ, Thou art:
Jesu, all our sickness cure;
Bind Thou up the broken heart.

Humbly, behold, we sit,
And listen at Thy feet;
Never will we hence remove;
Lo! to Thee our souls we bow:
Tell us of the Father’s love;
Speak; for, Lord, we hear Thee now.

Master, to us reveal
His acceptable will:
Ever for Thy law we wait;
Write it in our inward parts,
Our dark minds illuminate,
Grave Thy kindness on our hearts.

Thine be the choicest store
Of blessings evermore!
Thee we hear, on Thee we gaze,
Fairer than the sons of men:
Who can see that lovely face,
Who can hear those words in vain?

The whole poem can be found here.