Religion

Jeremiah 30:10: God of truth, we wait on Thee

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

God of truth, we wait on Thee,
Whose arm shall bring us back:
Turn our long captivity
For Thy own mercy's sake,
Save Thy church in Babylon,
Who of Thy pardoning grace possess'd,
Still for full redemption groan,
And love's eternal rest.

By Thy Spirit's outstretch'd hand
Our captive souls release,
Bring us forth into the land
Where wars and fightings cease,
Swallow up our will in Thine,
Our fear and sin at once remove.
Sin by purity Divine,
And fear by perfect love.

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Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 30:10: God of truth, we wait on Thee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3645/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 30:10: God of truth, we wait on Thee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3645/.

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