Religion

Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 20

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

To — " Head of Thy church triumphant '."

To God the great Jehovah
We render thanks and blessing,
His Unity
In persons three
With all His church confessing:
Three holy ones we worship
With endless adoration
Under the same
Mysterious name,
And sovereign appellation.

The same Divine perfection
Authority and merit
Counsel and mind
And power we find
In Father, Son, and Spirit;
To all the three ascribing
The same eternal essence,
Wisdom and grace,
And holiness,
And truth and omnipresence.

The undivided Godhead,
The Trinity united,
The Three in One
Doth all alone,
With His own work delighted:
The glorious Triune Author
Of every operation
With life supplies,
And sanctifies,
And leads us to salvation.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 20.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1952/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 20.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1952/.

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