History & Politics

Hymns Written in the Time of the Tumults, 4

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns Written in the Time of the Tumults, June 1780 · Osborn ed., vol. 8 (1870)

History & Politics

God omnipotent, arise.
To scatter all Thy foes,
Blast the rebels with Thine eyes,
Who Thee and Thine oppose;
Let the tools of anarchy.
The daring sons of wickedness.
Driven as by a whirlwind flee.
Before Thine angry face.

Lord of hosts, and King of kings,
Thine outstretch'd arm make bare,
Thine "alone salvation brings,
And stops the waste of war:
Earth and hell, to Thee submit;
Avenge us quickly of the fiend,
Chase him back to his own pit.
The hour of darkness end.
Inserted in the " Arminian Magazine" for 1781, p. 455.
Arm the man of Thy right hand,
And make him strong for Thee,
Confident the' angeHc band
His constant guard shall be;
Him with wisdom from above,
With calm intrepid zeal inspire,
All our evils to remove,
And snatch us from the fire.
Britain then Thy hand shall own,
And bless Thine instrument;
Thou through him the work hast done,
The great deliverance sent:
All the praise to Thee we give
The God supreme, the Lord most high.
Thankful to Thy glory live.
And to Thy glory die.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns Written in the Time of the Tumults, 4.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2211/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns Written in the Time of the Tumults, 4.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2211/.

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