Glory and thanks to him belongs
Who left his throne above,
The new, the gospel-song of songs
Is due to Jesu’s love:
Join all on earth in Jesu’s praise,
And then to heaven repair,
To vie with the angelic race,
Or mend their anthems there.
Glory and thanks to Him belongs
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I will sing a new song unto thee, O God.”—[Psalm] cxliv. 9. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 340.
Publishing: Public Domain