Wesley Corpus

Gloria Patri IX Source: Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1742) Author: Charles Wesley --- Paternal deity, Pure universal love, All praise we render thee For sending from above The glorious partner of thy throne, Thine only co-eternal Son. Jesus, the woman's seed, The covenant of peace, To bruise the serpent's head, To ransom us, and bless Thou to the Gentile world hast gave, Not to condemn the world, but save. The Lamb of God who takes The general sin away, Who no exception makes, But gives to each his day, On thee our common Lord we call, And bless thee, who hast died for all. Thou all the debt hast paid, For all a ransom given, For all atonement made, For all hast purchas'd heaven, And now thou art before the throne To plead what thou for all hast done. We glorify the Dove, Who peaceful tidings brings, And whispers God is love, And spreads for all his wings, And strives, since first the world began, With every fallen soul of man. Thee, Holy Ghost, we praise, Thy sweet attracting power Would quicken all the race, Would all mankind restore, Salvation thy long-suffering is, And leads to everlasting bliss.