Religion
CCCLIV. The Pillar in GOD's heavenly Temple with its Inseription.
From Hymns founded on various Texts in the Holy Scriptures (1755)
ALL-HAIL, victorious Saviour, hail!
I bow to thy Command;
And own, that David's roval Key
Well fits thy sov'reign Hand.
Open the Treasures of thy Love,
And shed thy Gifts abroad;
Unveil to my rejoicing Eyes
The Temple of my GOD.
There as a Pillar let me stand
On an eternal Base ;
Uprear'd by thine almighty Hand,
And polish'd by thy Grace.
There deep engraven let me bear
The Title of thy GOD;
And mark the new Jerusalem,
As my secure Abode.
In lasting Characters inscribe
Thine own beloved Name,
That endless Ages there may read
The great Emanuel's Claim.
Lead on, my Gen'ral, I desy
What Earth or Hell can do;
Thy Conduct, and this glorious Hope
Shall bear thy Soldier thro'.
Codex Note
Text: Rev. iii. 12.
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MLA
Doddridge, Philip. “CCCLIV. The Pillar in GOD's heavenly Temple with its Inseription.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/doddridge/353/.
Chicago
Doddridge, Philip. “CCCLIV. The Pillar in GOD's heavenly Temple with its Inseription.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/doddridge/353/.
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