Wesley Corpus

Hail holy, holy, holy Lord, Whom One in Three we know, By all thy heavenly host ador'd, By all thy church below! Page 70 One undivided Trinity With triumph we proclaim: Thy universe is full of thee, And speaks thy glorious name. Thee, holy Father, we confess, Thee, holy Son adore, Thee, Spirit of true holiness, We worship evermore: Thine incommunicable right, Almighty God, receive, Which angel-quires and saints in light And saints embodied give. Three Persons equally divine We magnify and love: And both the quires ere7 long shall join To sing thy praise above: Hail holy, holy, holy Lord, (Our heavenly song shall be) Supreme, essential One ador'd In co-eternal Three. 7Ori., "e'er," but clearly used in sense of "before." Page 71 "By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all the host of them by the Spirit of his mouth." Ps. xxxiii. 6. "I am the Lord that maketh all things, that stretcheth abroad the heavens ALONE, that spreadeth forth the earth BY MYSELF." Isa. xliv. 24.8 The Lord, and the eternal Word We our Creator see, The Spirit of his mouth concur'd And gave the worlds to be: The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, God in Three Persons One, Created that celestial host, And made our earth alone. "I by myself the heavens expand, And spread the earth abroad!" All things sprang forth at the command Of One Almighty God: That One Almighty God, thou art The glorious Trinity; Make known the secret to my heart Reveal thy love in me. 8Ori., "xliv. 28"; a misprint. Page 72 "The Lord our God is ONE JEHOVAH." Deut. vi. 4. "Thou whose name ALONE is JEHOVAH art the most high over all the earth." Ps. lxxxiii. 18. "This is the name whereby he shall be called JEHOVAH our righteousness." Jer. xxiii. 6. "The Lord JEHOVAH took me, the SPIRIT lifted me up, c." Ezek. viii. 1, 3. The Lord our God is only One, One is Jehovah the most high: Jehovah is his name alone, Who made and fills both earth and sky: Jehovah is the Saviour's name; Jehovah is the Spirit's too: And Three essentially the same Is the eternal God and true.