Religion

Isaiah 36:7: This Altar is the Lord

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

This Altar is the Lord,
Our Lord and God most high,
By all His saints beneath adored,
By all above the sky;
Raised by Almighty hands,
To Adam's offspring given,
Twixt God and man this Altar stands,
And earth unites to heaven.

This Altar ever lives.
And did for man atone,
Hallows the offerings It receives.
And bears them to the throne.
Us to the throne It bears,
Mix'd with the sacred flame,
And God accepts His worshippers
Wl;io bow to Jesus' name.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 36:7: This Altar is the Lord.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3457/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 36:7: This Altar is the Lord.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3457/.

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