Religion

John 15: Stupendous mystery

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)

Religion

Stupendous mystery,
Thy people Lord with Thee,
The members with their Head
Throughout the earth dispread,
In mind and will and spirit join,
One Christ, one body, and one vine.

Thy grace our souls receives
And animates our lives.
The Spirit from Thee proceeds,
And sanctifies our deeds,
Prevents, and with His power attends,
And all in Thy great glory ends.

llv virtue from the Root,
Thy branches bring forth fruit,
The hundred-fold increase
Of solid righteousness,
Till with Thy humbling Spirit fill'd,
The pure, the perfect love we yield.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 15: Stupendous mystery.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5927/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 15: Stupendous mystery.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5927/.

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