Religion

Revelation 1: Verse 7

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Behold, He comes! and every eye
Shall see Him in the clouds draw near;
The Judge, to those who made Him die
In vain, shall terribly appear:

Who pierced Him by their sins beneath,
Exposed afresh, and crucified,
Renounced their interest in His death,
And, bought by Him, their Lord denied.

Rebellious worms, they would not take
The grace He waited long to give,
But cast His words behind their back,
And would not come to Him and live.

Him shall they see with wrath return
Gainst those who made His offers vain,
And all the tribes of earth shall mourn,
Adjudged to everlasting pain.

The unbelieving world shall wail,
And gnaw their tongues, and gnash their
teeth;
But we, who let His grace prevail,
Shall never taste that second death.

We with our Lord shall always live,
The God of our salvation praise,
To Him alone rejoice to give
The glory of His sovereign grace,

Come, gracious Lord, we wait Thy day,
We languish to be taken home;
No longer let Thy chariot stay;
Come, gracious Lord, to judgment come.

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

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Revelation 1: Verse 7.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/332/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Revelation 1: Verse 7.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/332/.

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