History & Politics

For His Majesty King George

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns for Times of Trouble, for the Year 1745 · Osborn ed., vol. 4 (1869)

History & Politics

O God who hear'st the prayer
For Jesus' sake alone,
Receive Thy darling care,
Thy own anointed one,
Our king into Thine arms receive,
And let him to Thy glory live.

Thy minister for good
To us he long hath been,
And in the gap hath stood;
And still he stands between
Thy little flock and papal power,
Nor lets the Romish wolf devour

His mild and gentle sway
Hath check'd our brethren's rage,
And spoil'd them of their prey,
And saved Thine heritage,
Who still, with his protection blest,
Beneath his sacred shadow rest.

O for Thy Jesus' sake,
Thy Sioris debt restore,
And pay the blessing back
In Thy protecting power;
Ten thousand thousand blessings shed
In showers on our defender's head.

Prolong his glorious race,
And let him late remove
To see Thy blissful face,
And take his seat above;
Keep, till his full reward is given,
And guard him to a throne in heaven.

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

MLA

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