Religion

Genesis 2:1: Who madest thus the earth and skies

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

Who madest thus the earth and skies,
A world, a six days' work of Thine,
Thou bidd'st the new creation rise,
Nobler effect of grace Divine!
We might spring up at Thy command,
For glory in an instant meet;
But by Thy will at last we stand
In gradual holiness complete,

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 2:1: Who madest thus the earth and skies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2375/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 2:1: Who madest thus the earth and skies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2375/.

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