Religion

Mark 12:36: Jehovah to Jehovah

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)

Religion

Jehovah to Jehovah
Fulness of power hath given.
Hath bid His Son
Ascend the throne,
And reign in earth and heaven:
His foes shall prove His footstool,
His foes subdued before Him
Shall prostrate lie,
While happy I
With all His saints adore Him.

The stubborn and rebellious
With iron rod He bruises,
As grovelling slaves;
But loves and saves
Whome'er His mercy chooses:
With mercy's outstretch'd sceptre
His subjects here He raises.
Who at His feet
For grace entreat
Us by His side He places.

A church of living members
He fills us with His Spirit,
And makes us meet
On thrones to sit,
And glorious joys inherit:
O'er our last foe victorious
He shortly shall deliver,
And then receive;
His saints to live
And reign with Him for ever.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 12:36: Jehovah to Jehovah.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4897/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 12:36: Jehovah to Jehovah.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4897/.

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