Wesley Corpus

Acts 4:24, etc. Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), Part I Author: Charles Wesley (attributed) --- Acts iv. 24, &c. Almighty, universal Lord, Maker of heaven and earth art thou, All things sprang forth t’ obey thy word, Thy powerful word upholds them now. Why then with unavailing rage Did heathens with thy people join, And impotently fierce engage To execute their vain design. Indignant kings stood up t’ oppose The Lord, and his Messiah’s reign, And earth’s confed’rate rulers rose Against their God in council vain. Surely against thy holy Son, (Son of thy love, and sent by thee, One with th’ anointing Spirit, one With thy coequal majesty). Herod and Pilate both combin’d Thy sovereign purpose to fulfill; Gentiles and Jews unconscious join’d T’ accomplish thy eternal will.