Religion

Gloria Patri, 2

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, Second Series (1742) · Osborn ed., vol. 3 (1869)

Religion

O Fountain of love, O God of all grace,
Whose bowels did move Toward Adam's lost race.
Accept our thanksgiving For sending our Lord,
That all men believing Might all be restored.
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Great Friend of mankind, We trust in Thy blood;
Thy passion, we find, Hath brought us to God:
We thank and we bless Thee, Who savest us from
thrall,
And gladly confess Thee, The Saviour of all.

O Spirit of love, Whom all men may feel,
Whose pity has strove And strives with us still,
We bless Thee for giving To all Thy free grace;
Thy prevalent striving Would save the whole race.

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Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers

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