Religion
Luke 1:68: Bless'd be the Lord, for ever bless'd
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Bless'd be the Lord, for ever bless'd
The God of IsraePs favour'd race.
His name be known. His power confess'd.
His riches of redeeming grace
Who left for sinful worms His throne,
And came to bless us in His Son.
God was in Christ on earth reveal'd.
He enter'd a mean house of clay,
With whom the heaven of heavens is fill'd
He stoop'd to bear our sins away.
Victim Divine on all bestow'd
He bought the nations with His blood.
Let all their great Redeemer praise,
Redeem'd from sin the world and hell!
The strength of Thy victorious grace
Jesus, throughout our souls we feel,
And wait Thine utmost power to save
Our bodies ransom'd from the grave.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 1:68: Bless'd be the Lord, for ever bless'd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5009/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 1:68: Bless'd be the Lord, for ever bless'd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5009/.
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