Religion

Zechariah 6: Almighty Lord of earth and skies

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Almighty Lord of earth and skies,
The government receive;
The burden on Thy shoulder lies
Who dost for ever live;
Thy Father's house, its royal state.

And dignity unknown.
And all its gracious glorious weight
Is hung on Thee alone.
The Lord is King, let earth be glad
Jesus, the power is Thine,
Possess'd of Thy reward, and clad
With majesty Divine;
Thy Father's heavenly joy to share
Thou dost with God sit down.
And all the weight of glory bear
In Thine eternal crown.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Zechariah 6: Almighty Lord of earth and skies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3855/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Zechariah 6: Almighty Lord of earth and skies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3855/.

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