Glory be to God on high, God, whose glory fills the sky

Verse 1
Glory be to God on high,
God whose glory fills the sky:
Peace on earth to man forgiv’n,
Man the well-belov’d of heav’n!

Verse 2
Sov’reign Father, heav’nly King!
Thee we now presume to sing;
Glad thine attributes confess,
Glorious all and numberless.

Verse 3
Hail! By all thy works ador’d,
Hail! The everlasting Lord!
Thee with thankful hearts we prove
Lord of pow’r, and God of love.

Verse 4
Christ our Lord and God we own,
Christ the Father’s only Son!
Lamb of God for sinners slain,
Saviour of offending man!

Verse 5
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear, the world’s attonement thou!
Jesu, in thy name we pray,
Take, O take our sins away.

Verse 6
Pow’rful advocate with God,
Justify us by thy blood!
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow,
Hear, the world’s attonement thou!

Verse 7
Hear; for thou, O Christ alone
With thy glorious Sire art One![1]
One the Holy Ghost with thee,
One supreme eternal Three.

[1] Wesley changed this line to “Art with they great Father one” in 1756.

Hymnal/Album: This is the original version of this hymn, as first published in "Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)," published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 115.
Publishing: Public Domain