Religion

Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 25

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The great God ever-bless'd
In the Father confess'd
Is confess'd in the Spirit and Son:
His worshippers true,
We attribute His due
To three persons essentially one.

The philosopher vain
May adore a mere man;
Or invent a subordinate God:
Jehovah supreme
We acknowledge in Him
Who hath purchased our souls with His blood.

The most Holy and High
We alike glorify
And adore in the Spirit of love;
Who His Godhead reveals.
When our spirit He seals,
And prepares for a kingdom above.

Neither greater nor less
In the three we confess
First, Second, and Third are the same
All the persons we find
Everlastingly join'd
In the common, ineffable Name.

On Jehovah in all
We faithfully call,
And the Triad in Unity love;
He inspires us to vie
With our friends in the sky,
And heighten the triumph above.

We give glory to God
Who the grace has bestow'd
To confess, and to praise Him aright;
Singing on till we see
The one Essence in three,
And are lost in the rapturous sight.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 25.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1957/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 25.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1957/.

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