Religion
Gloria Patri, 7
From Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, Second Series (1742) · Osborn ed., vol. 3 (1869)
Father of Jesus Christ our Lord,
Giver of covenanted grace,
For ever be Thy love adored,
Which sent Thy Son to save our race;
To save the world, and not condemn,
That all the world might live through Him.
Thee, Saviour of mankind, we bless,
Who didst the' offending nature take;
The world's Desire, and Hope, and Peace,
Thou didst for all atonement make:
For men, and not for angels given,
Or hell might all be turn'd to heaven.
Spirit of power, and health, and love,
Who broodest over every soul,
Dost once in every bosom move,
And offer once to make all whole,
Let all Thy general grace adore,
And lie against Thy truth no more.
Codex Note
Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers
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