Religion

Hymns on the Trinity, 26

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns on the Trinity (1767) · Osborn ed., vol. 7 (1870)

Religion

To destroy idolatry,
God was manifest below;
God we in our Saviour see,
None beside Himself we know:
Christ the con substantial Son,
Worshipp'd by His heavenly choir,
Him we magnify alone,
One with His eternal Sire.

No inferior God we praise,
No dependent Deity:
The whole Godhead we confess
Resident, O Christ, in Thee:
Praise Divine whoe'er allow,
Worship to a creature given,
To Thine only name we bow,
Sovereign Lord of earth and heaven.

Jesus, call to mind Thy word
Standing as the mountains fast,
All idolatry abhorr'd
O abolish it at last;
Root it out of every heart
All that doth our Lord disown,
Then our only Lord Thou art
High on Thine eternal throne.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Trinity, 26.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1825/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Trinity, 26.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1825/.

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