John 1:13: They went up into an upper room, where abode, &c

Who can resist the Saviour's word,
The power of heaven's almighty Lord?
To stay its course in vain are join'd
The rage and wisdom of mankind;
When God commands it must prevail
O'er all the strength of earth and hell.

See from a single chamber spread
The gospel runs with rapid speed,
As lightning darted from the skies,
To temples, houses, streets it flies,
In markets, prisons, fields, and inns,
In camps, and courts the hearers wins.

Chariots it doth and ships ascend,
To villages and cities bend,
To islands wanders unconfined,
And challenges the ransom'd kind,
Asserts an universal claim,
And seizes all in Jesu's name.

Heathens it apprehends and Jews,
People and magistrates subdues,
O'er soldiers and o'er generals reigns,
Eunuchs and slaves and captives gains.
Women and babes its net receives,
And faith to stubborn sailors gives.

Swiftly it runs from east to west,
Its power throughout the earth confess'd;
From realm to realm, from sea to sea,
Spreads the Redeemer's victory,
And glories finally to' o'ercome
Proud Athens and imperial Rome.