Religion

Gloria Patri, 17

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Gloria Patri; or, Hymns to the Trinity (1746) · Osborn ed., vol. 3 (1869)

Religion

Live our great God on high,
Eternally adored,
Who gave His Son to die;
Our dear redeeming Lord
He from His throne and bosom gave,
A world, a sinful world to save.

Worship, and praise, and power
Ascribe we to the Lamb;
His bleeding wounds adore,
And kiss His precious name,
Jesus! the name to sinners given,
The name that lifts us up to heaven.

That blessed Spirit praise
Who shows the' atoning blood,
Applies the Saviour's grace,
And seals the sons of God;
Spirit of grace, and glory too,
He claims eternal praise His due.

We with our friends above,
When time and death shall end,
In ecstasies of love
An heavenly life shall spend,
Spend in the great Jehovah's praise
An age of everlasting days.

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

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Gloria Patri, 17.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/596/.

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