Religion

John 10:36: Christ the character express

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Christ the character express
Of God's substantial power,
Image of His holiness
Jehovah we adore!
Him His Father sanctified
Before the worlds or time begun,
Placed for ever at His side
His co-eternal Son.

Fulness of His sanctity
The only God supreme.
Being's Source, I AM is He
Who did our world redeem;
When in Christ the Father came,
To consecrate this human shrine,
Dwelt in that corporeal frame
The plenitude Divine.

One, I and My Father are!
One God in persons three
By the Spirit we declare
The triune Deity:
Blasphemy denies in vain.
The glories of Jehovah's Son:
One with God Thou must remain
Through endless ages One.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 10:36: Christ the character express.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5781/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 10:36: Christ the character express.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5781/.

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