Religion

Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 16

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity (1767) · Osborn ed., vol. 7 (1870)

Religion

To— "Spirit of truth, descend:'
A real Unity
Which heart can ne'er conceive
In the celestial three
His children all believe:
In essence, not in figure, one
The persons we adore,
Of God the Father, Spirit, Son,
And praise Him evermore.

Call'd by a common name
The sacred three we praise,
In will and power the same,
In majesty and grace;
Jehovah whom His hosts surround,
An ever warbling choir,
The God supreme in each is found,
The Deity entire.

Thrice holy God, admit
Poor worms of earth to join,
And at Thy mercy-seat
Extol the grace Divine,
The wisdom in a mystery
Of love unsearchable,
Till Thou receive us up to see
Thy face without a veil.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 16.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1948/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 16.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1948/.

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