Almighty Lord of earth and skies,
The government receive;
The burthen on thy shoulder lies
Who dost forever live;
Thy Father’s house, its royal state,
And dignity unknown,
And all its gracious glorious weight
Is hung on thee alone.
Almighty Lord of earth and skies
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He shall bear the glory.”—Zech. vi. 13. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 117.
Publishing: Public Domain