Religion

The Father and Son And Spirit we praise

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The Father and Son And Spirit we praise,
Three persons in one, The God of all grace,
Whose joint operation The children and heirs
By present salvation For glory prepares.

By God sanctified Our Father we love;
And Jesus His bride Delights to approve;
With blood to besprinkle Believers in Him,
From every wrinkle His church to redeem.

To sanctify those By mercy foreknown,
The Comforter flows From Father and Son:
Renew'd by the Spirit, In holiness pure,
The joy we inherit, And make the prize sure.

The merciful God, The hallowing three
Himself hath bestow' d On sinners like me:
Our full Sanctifier He perfects in one,
And raises us higher, And seats on His throne.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “The Father and Son And Spirit we praise.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1931/.

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Wesley, Charles. “The Father and Son And Spirit we praise.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1931/.

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