By the Father, and the Son,
And blessed Spirit made,
God in Persons Three we own,
And hang upon his aid:
Reason asks, how can it be?
But who by simple faith embrace,
We shall know the mystery,
And see him face to face.
By the Father, and the Son
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “'The LORD he is GOD, it is HE that hath MADE US.'—Ps. c. 3. 'By HIM were ALL THINGS MADE.'—John i. 3. 'The SPIRIT of GOD hath MADE me.'—Job xxxiii. 4.” Introduced in Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Trinity (Bristol: William Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 290.
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