Religion

Luke 22:30: Shall I my Lord and God adore

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Shall I my Lord and God adore
In that supreme felicity,
That state of joy, delight, and power,
And glorious fellowship with Thee?
For this I all things here forego,
Pleasures, and wealth, and honours vain,
And suffering on 'i'hy cross below,
Shall in Thy heavenly kingdom reign.

The saints shall at Thy table sit,
Drink the pure crystal streams above,
The tree of life immortal eat,
And banquet on Thy richest love:
The treasures of eternity
Shall make our ravish'd souls run o'er,
And when Thy open face we see,
The heaven of heavens can give no more.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 22:30: Shall I my Lord and God adore.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5377/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 22:30: Shall I my Lord and God adore.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5377/.

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