Religion

Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 44

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Inexplicably one and three,
As worshipp'd by the heavenly host,
Thy church on earth we worship Thee.
Three unconfounded persons own,
One undivided God proclaim,
In essence, substance, nature one
Through all eternity the same.

One person of the Sire we praise,
Another of the Son adore,
Another of the Spirit confess,
Equal in majesty and power:
To each the glory appertains,
The Godhead of the three is one,
And one supreme Jehovah reigns
High on His everlasting throne.

The Father, Son, and Spirit of love
One uncreated God we hail,
Not fully known by saints above,
To us incomprehensible:
The Father, Son, and Spirit of grace,
All-wise, almighty, and most high,
One true eternal God we bless,
And spread His fame through earth and sky.

The Father is both God and Lord,
Both God and Lord is Christ the Son,
The Holy Ghost, the glorious Third
Both God and Lord His people own;
Both God and Lord, who Him believe,
Each person by Himself we name,
Yet not three Gods or Lords receive,
But one essentially the same.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 44.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1975/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Prayers to the Trinity, 44.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/1975/.

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