Religion

2 Samuel 7:13: He shall build an house for My name

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Come, Thou heavenly Solomon,
Thou Prince of life and peace,
David's, God's eternal Son,
Who hast the promises,
Thine it is Thy house to build,
To consecrate the human shrine,
With the name, the nature fill'd,
The holiness Divine.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “2 Samuel 7:13: He shall build an house for My name.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2873/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “2 Samuel 7:13: He shall build an house for My name.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2873/.

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