Religion

Isaiah 65:17, 18: Come, Divine effectual power

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Come, Divine effectual power,
Fallen nature to restore;
Wait we for Thy presence here.
Long to see Thy throne appear;
Bid the new creation rise,
Bring us back our paradise.

Now our universe create
Fair, beyond its first estate.
When Thine eye with pleasure view'd.
When Thy lips pronounced it good,
Ruin'd now by sin and cursed.
Speak it fairer than at first.

Speak again the world from nought,
Let the former be forgot,
Never more recall'd to mind,
While we our Redeemer find,
See with joy Thy smiling face.
Triumph in a world of grace.

Saints anticipate the day,
Our old things are pass'd away,
Whom Thy grace creates anew,
Lord, we now Thy glory shew,
Born to vie with those above,
Born to sing, rejoice, and love.

Sons of God by faith we came
To the New J'enisa/em,
Re-begotten by our Lord,
That we may Thy name record,
Tell the wonders of Thy grace.
Shout Thine everlasting praise.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 65:17, 18: Come, Divine effectual power.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3571/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 65:17, 18: Come, Divine effectual power.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3571/.

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