Religion
Genesis 28: Let Jacob's favour'd race
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Let Jacob's favour'd race
The wondrous scale approve.
Through which alone we have access
To that bright throne above:
The foot on earth is fix'd.
He in our nature dwells.
Sinners and God He stands betwixt,
And God to man reveals.
The top our faith adores,
The top transcends our sight,
Above all earthly things it soar.s.
And all created height!
His glorious majesty
Our heavenly Lord maintains,
As God He dwells above the sky,
As God for ever reigns.
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Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 28: Let Jacob's favour'd race.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2454/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 28: Let Jacob's favour'd race.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2454/.
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