Religion

Isaiah 59:21: Christ, the church's Head with Thee

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Christ, the church's Head with Thee
Thy body must endure,
Sion's perpetuity
By covenant is sure:
Given through Thee to all Thy seed,
The Spirit shall with Thy church abide,
Teach, and comfort us, and lead,
Our soul's eternal Guide.

All which Thou hast heard above
Thou dost to man declare;
Words of life, and truth, and love.
By Thee inspoken are,
Richly in Thy saints they dwell,
Nor evtr from their mouth depart:
Witnesses for God, they tell
The gladness of their heart.

All that on Thy name believe,
In every age and place,
Shall the Holy Ghost receive
Mix'd with the word of grace:
In Thy church, till time shall end,
Thy Spirit, Lord, shall still abide,
Till Thou in the clouds descend
To fetch Thy ready bride.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 59:21: Christ, the church's Head with Thee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3544/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 59:21: Christ, the church's Head with Thee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3544/.

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