History & Politics

For the Church of England

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns of Intercession for All Mankind (1758) · Osborn ed., vol. 6 (1870)

History & Politics

Till then preserve the faithful seed,
The remnant left in Britain's land,
The desolate Church, whose cause we plead
In whose defence we firmly stand,
Her breaches mourn, her burdens bear
In all the agony of prayer.

Jesus, her ruinous walls rebuild.
And let them with Thy praise resound;
With peace her palaces be fiU'd,
Plenty be in her temples found,
Plenty of unbought milk and wine,
Fulness of living Bread Divine.

Her slumbering guides and watchmen rouse.
And on her rising ramparts place;
Give them a voice to shake Thy house,
The rocks to break, the dead to raise.
To bring them up from nature's grave,
And the whole house of Israel save.
For this Thou hear'st Thy Spirit groan,
O that Thou wouldst Thy power display,
Divide the heavens, and come down.
Convert our nation in a day.
And spread our faith through earth abroad.
And fill the universe with God!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “For the Church of England.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1354/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “For the Church of England.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1354/.

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