Acts 5:20: Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people, &c

When our benign almighty Lord
Will use the ministry of man,
He makes a way to preach the word,
And earthly powers oppose in vain;
His works and man's to Him are known,
And all that God appoints is done.

Our foes may in the temple seize,
And load us with a felon's chain,
Jesus His prisoners can release
And send us to His house again:
And servants of His sovereign will
We must our ministry fulfil.

We yet shall to the people speak
The words that life eternal give,
Point out the way to all who seek
With Christ in paradise to live,
The words which spoke by Him we know
Are spirit, life, and heaven below.