The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

To God who reigns enthroned on high,
To His dear Son who deign'd to die
Our guilt and misery to remove,
To that blest Spirit who life imparts,
Who rules in all believing hearts,
Be endless glory, praise, and love!

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VI. [Let heaven and earth agree]

Let heaven and earth agree
The Father's praise to sing,
Who draws us to the Son, that He
May us to glory bring.

Honour and endless love
Let God the Son receive,
Who saves us here, and prays above,
That we with Him may live.

Be everlasting praise
To God the Spirit given,
Who now attests us sons of grace,
And seals us heirs of heaven.

Drawn, and redeem'd, and seal'd,
We'll sing the One and Three,
With Father, Son, and Spirit fill'd
To all eternity.

VII. [Father of mankind, Be ever adored]

Father of mankind, Be ever adored;
Thy mercy we find, In sending our Lord
To ransom and bless us; Thy goodness we praise
For sending, in Jesus, Salvation by grace.

O Son of His love, Who deignedst to die,
Our curse to remove, Our pardon to buy;
Accept our thanksgiving, Almighty to save,
Who openest heaven To all that believe.

O Spirit of love, Of health, and of power,
Thy working we prove, Thy grace we adore,
Whose inward revealing Applies our Lord's blood,
Attesting and sealing us Children of God.

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VIII. [Hail, Father, Friend of human race]

Hail, Father, Friend of human race,
Hail, Jesus, full of truth and grace,
Hail, Holy Spirit of love;
Thy Triune majesty we show,
With all Thy suffering saints below,
Thy glorious saints above.

IX. [Glory to God on high!]

Glory to God on high!
The God of love and power,
Who made both earth and sky,
Let all His works adore:
Praise to the great Three-One be given
By all in earth, and all in heaven.

X. [All glory and praise]

All glory and praise
To the God of all grace!
The Father of Him
Who died on a cross the whole world to redeem.
All honour and love
To the Saviour above,
The glorified Son,
Who remembers and sends us the Comforter down.

The Spirit adore
Till time is no more,
And then the One-Three
Our matter of endless rejoicing shall be:
We then in the sky
Hallelujah shall cry,
And the praise of our King
Through the days of an happy eternity sing.

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XI. [To Father, Son, and Spirit]

To Father, Son, and Spirit
Ascribe we equal glory!
One Deity
In persons Three,
Let all Thy works adore Thee.

As was from the beginning,
Glory to God be given,
By all who know
Thy name below,
And all Thy hosts in heaven!

XII. [To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
One God in persons Three,
Give praise, ye saints and heavenly host,
Through all eternity.

XIII. [Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord]

Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord,
Thrice blessed Trinity,
By all Thy heavenly hosts adored,
Ere man began to be;
Worshipp'd by all Thy saints below,
The God of truth and grace,
Through faith the great Three-One they know,
And triumph in Thy praise.

The upper and the lower choir
Shall soon be join'd in one,
And both triumphantly conspire
To worship round Thy throne:

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Angels and saints, when time shall end,
Shall all Thy love display,
And in Thy glorious praises spend
An everlasting day.

XIV. [Paternal Source of Deity]

Paternal Source of Deity,
Accept the thanks Thy creatures bring;
Jesus, Thy Filial Godhead we
With angels and archangels sing;
Honour Divine and equal praise
To Thee, O Holy Ghost, be given
In glorious everlasting lays,
When earth is swallow'd up in heaven.

XV. [Glory to God the Father give]

Glory to God the Father give,
Glory ascribe to God the Son,
Glory let God the Spirit receive,
Inexplicably Three and One:
Angels and men His tribute raise,
A whole eternity of praise.

XVI. [Father, Lord of earth and heaven]

Father, Lord of earth and heaven,
Take the praise
Of Thy grace
By Thy creatures given.
Son of God, let all confess Thee
One with Him;
God supreme,
Saints and angels bless Thee.

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Holy Ghost, let all before Thee
Prostrate fall,
Lord of all,
Very God adore Thee.
Let us soon in heavenly places,
One and Three,
Render Thee
Everlasting praises.

XVII. [Live our great God on high]

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,

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Spend in the great Jehovah's praise
An age of everlasting days.

XVIII. [Father of all above, below]

Father of all above, below,
Thy praise let every creature show,
In Thee who live and move and are;
The Father's Fellow and His Son,
Eternal sharer of His throne,
Let all in heaven and earth declare;

Hail, Holy Ghost! alike adored,
One with the Father and the Word,
The Lord of Life, the great I AM!
Coequal, Coeternal Three,
The glorious Triune Deity,
Let all eternally proclaim!

XIX. [Thee, Father of men]

Thee, Father of men
And angels, we praise;
Whose wonders are seen
In nature and grace,
Throughout Thy creation;
Whose goodness we prove,
And boundless compassion,
And infinite love.

Thee, Jesus the Son
Of God, we confess;
Whose passion alone
Hath purchased our peace;

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With cherubs before Thee
And seraphs we fall,
And prostrate adore Thee
The Saviour of all.

O Spirit of might,
Of joy, and of love,
Who guidest us right
To mansions above,
Whose hallowing graces
For heaven prepare,—
We pay Thee our praises
Till glorified there.

There, there we shall see
The Substance Divine,
And, fashion'd like Thee,
Transcendently shine;
Thy personal essence
Be bold to explain,
And wrapp'd in Thy presence
Eternally reign.

XX. [All glory to God]

All glory to God
In His highest abode,
Who sits on the throne!
All glory to Jesus, His crucified Son!
All glory and praise
To the Spirit of Grace!
The eternal I AM
Let His saints and His angels for ever proclaim!

XXI. [Shout to the great Jehovah's praise]

Shout to the great Jehovah's praise,
Ye sons of glory and of grace,

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One God in Persons Three adore,
The same in majesty and power;
Ye suffering and triumphant host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

XXIII. [All worship and praise]

All worship and praise
To the Ancient of Days,
The Father, the Word, and the Spirit of Grace!
With our friends in the sky
Let us glorify
The mystical Three that bear record on high!

The Three that are One
In a manner unknown,
The Substance Divine in a mystery, own,
Till in Him we remove
To His presence above,
And eternally plunge in the depths of His love.

XXIV. [Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]

Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
Thy Godhead we adore,
Join with the celestial host
Who praise Thee evermore!
Live by earth and heaven adored,
Three in One, and One in Three,
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
All glory be to Thee!

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Gloria Patri, &c. OR HYMNS TO THE TRINITY.

I.

[Fountain of Deity]

II.

[Sing we to our God above]

III.

[Father, live, by all things fear'd]

IV.

[Praise be to the Father given!]

V.

[To God who reigns enthroned on high]

VI.

[Let heaven and earth agree]

VII.

[Father of mankind, Be ever adored]

VIII.

[Hail, Father, Friend of human race]

IX.

[Glory to God on high!]

X.

[All glory and praise]

XI.

[To Father, Son, and Spirit]

XII.

[To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]

XIII.

[Hail, holy, holy, holy Lord]

XIV.

[Paternal Source of Deity]

XV.

[Glory to God the Father give]

XVI.

[Father, Lord of earth and heaven]

XVII.

[Live our great God on high]

XVIII.

[Father of all above, below]

XIX.

[Thee, Father of men]

XX.

[All glory to God]

XXI.

[Shout to the great Jehovah's praise]

XXIII.

[All worship and praise]

XXIV.

[Father, Son, and Holy Ghost]