Religion

John 3:32: The everlasting God is He

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The everlasting God is He,
And was from all eternity.
Who on His Father's bosom lay
And doth on earth His form display;
The things He saw, and heard, and knew,
Of these He bears a record true.
Discovers the redeeming plan,
And shows the heart of God to man.

Freely He left His throne above,
To tell the world that God is love;
Yet few the saving truth receive.
Or dare on Jesu's word believe;
Not one of our unfaithful race
Doth of himself his Lord embrace.
But all reject whom God hath given.
The Witness, and the Man from heaven.
Jesus Thy record we receive,
And by a power from Thee believe;
By faith Divine our seal set to
That Thou art God, that Thou art true,
By faith Thy promises we gain.
Thy strict fidelity maintain,
And saved from sin exult to prove
The truth of Thy redeeming love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 3:32: The everlasting God is He.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5513/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 3:32: The everlasting God is He.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5513/.

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