Religion

John 5: Sole Object of Thy Father's love

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Sole Object of Thy Father's love,
A draught of all His great designs
From Him Thou hast received above.
And dost whate'er His will enjoins;
Equal to His, Thou show'st Thy power
Omnipotent the dead to raise,
Bodies Thou canst, and souls restore
To all the vigorous life of grace.

Thou dost on whom Thou wilt bestow
The various life derived from Thee;
Thee Thy believing people know
Fountain of immortality.
Thy sovereign Godhead we confess.
By whom the Holy Ghost is given,
And then the plenitude of grace.
And then the' eternal life of heaven.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 5: Sole Object of Thy Father's love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5559/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 5: Sole Object of Thy Father's love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5559/.

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