Religion

Hymn to the Trinity

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742) · Osborn ed., vol. 2 (1869)

Religion

God of unexhausted grace,
Of everlasting love,
Overpower'd before Thy face
I fall, and dare not move.
What hast Thou for sinners done,
For so poor a worm as me?
Thou hast given Thine only Son,
To bring us back to Thee.

Suffering, sin-atoning God,
Thy hallow'd name I bless;
Jesus, lavish of Thy blood
To buy the sinner's peace,
Gushing from Thy sacred veins
Let it now my soul o'erflow,
Purge out all my sinful stains,
And wash me white as snow.

Holy Ghost, set to Thy seal,
The life of Jesus breathe;
The deep things of God reveal,
Apply my Saviour's death:
With the Father and the Son
Soon as one in Thee I am,
All my nature shall make known
The glories of the Lamb.

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Thy Godhead we adore,
Join with the triumphant host
Who praise Thee evermore;
Live, by heaven and earth adored,
Three in One, and One in Three,
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
All glory be to Thee!

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Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymn to the Trinity.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/237/.

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