Religion

The Fifty-Fifth Chapter of Isaiah, Part 2

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740) · Osborn ed., vol. 1 (1868)

Religion

By faith the holy men of old
Obtain'd a never-dying name;
The Sacred Leaves their praise unfold,
And God Himself records their fame.

Through faith we know the worlds were made,
By His great word to being brought:
He spake; the earth and heaven obey'd;
The universe sprang forth from nought.

The heavens Thy glorious power proclaim,
If Thou in us Thy power declare;
We know from whom the fabric came;
Our heart believes, when God is there.

Thee through Thyself we understand,
When Thou in us Thyself hast shown,
We see Thy all-creating hand,
God through faith alone.

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

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