Religion

Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 41

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

We God the Father praise,
We God the Son adore,
The Spirit of holiness
In majesty and power
Equal to both we magnify,
And Holy, holy, holy cry!

He hath to us made known
The awful mystery,
The Trinity in one,
And Unity in three,
And taught the ransom'd sons of men
What angels never could explain.

Beyond our utmost thought,
And reason's proudest flight,
We comprehend Him not,
Nor grasp the Infinite,
But worship in the mystic three
One God to all eternity.
i The sacred three conspire
In love to fallen man,
To' exalt the creature higher,
And turn his loss to gain:
Still in the new creation
The persons all agree,
Joint causes of salvation,
To raise and perfect me.

The Father's grace allures me,
And to my Saviour gives;
The Saviour's blood assures me,
That God His child receives:
The Comforter bears witness
That I am truly His,
And brings my soul its fitness
For everlasting bliss.

The Father, Son, and Spirit
Himself to me makes known,
And I in Him inherit
One God, for ever One
Jehovah's purest essence
My raptured spirit seals;
And all His blissful presence
In all His people dwells.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 41.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1973/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 41.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1973/.

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