Religion

Hymns on the Lord's Supper, 129

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns on the Lord's Supper (1745) · Osborn ed., vol. 3 (1869)

Religion

See where our great High-Priest
Before the Lord appears,
And on His loving breast
The tribes of Israel bears,
Never without His people seen,
The Head of all believing men!

With Him, the Corner-stone,
The living stones conjoin;
Christ and His church are one,
One body and one vine;
For us He uses all His powers,
And all He has, or is, is ours.
The motions of our Head
The members all pursue,
By His good Spirit led
To act, and suffer too
Whate'er He did on earth sustain,
Till glorious all like Him we reign.

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Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Lord's Supper, 129.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/545/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on the Lord's Supper, 129.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/545/.

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