Religion

Hosea 2: We now His glorious Spirit breathe

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

We now His glorious Spirit breathe,
Tread down the fear of hell and death,
And live on earth the life of heaven.

The Name we still acknowledge
That burst our bonds in sunder.
And loudly sing
Our conquering King
In songs of joy and wonder:
In every day's deliverance
Our Jesus we discover;
Tis He, 'tis He!
That smote the sea,
And led us safely over.

In sin's and Satan's onsets
He still our souls secures.
Our guardian God
Looks through the cloud,
And blasts our fierce pursuers:
He fights His people's battles
Omnipotently glorious,
He fights alone,
And makes His own
O'er earth and hell victorious.

Partakers of His trium)h
In vehement expectation
We now stand still
To prove His will,
And see His great salvation;
With violent faith and patience
To seize the kingdom given,
The purchased rest
In Jesu's breast,
The' inheritance of heaven.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hosea 2: We now His glorious Spirit breathe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3741/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hosea 2: We now His glorious Spirit breathe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3741/.

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