Glory, Honour, Thanks and Praise, dearest Lord

Verse 1
Glory, Honour, Thanks and Praise,
Dearest Lord, I render Thee,
Strong to succour, rich in Grace,
Thou hast got the Victory;
Hewn in Pieces all their Snares,
Glory, Praise to Thee I give,
Sav’d me from my Sins and Fears,
Bade me stedfastly believe.

Verse 2
Thou art King, and reign’st alone,
Scatt’ring Evil with thine Eyes,
Trampling Sin and Satan down,
Conqu’ring all my Enemies;
Thou hast sav’d my Soul from Hell,
Thou dost still my Soul defend,
Thou shall save (I know, I feel)
Thou shall save me to the End.

Verse 3
Thou hast made my Terrors cease,
Thou hast made my Sins depart,
Stablish’d me in Righteousness,
Arm’d with Love my faithful Heart;
Evil now I cannot fear,
Satan, Death, the World, and Sin,
Let them to my Soul draw near,
Christ my Saviour stands between.

Verse 4
Still he bids me look to him,
Looking I am sav’d from All;
He is mighty to redeem,
While he stands I cannot fall;
He my helpless Soul defends,
He my Strength and Fortress is,
Christ the Rock his Shade extends,
Christ, th’ eternal Rock of Peace.

Verse 5
Now I dare my hellish Foe,
Challenge Thee to take the Field,
All thy fiery Arrows throw,
Can they pierce this sacred Shield?
Tremble Thou when this appears,
Lo, I lift it up on high,
See the dreadful Sign it bears,
See the bloody Cross, and fly.

Verse 6
When their Chief I put to flight,
Dare his Soldiers turn their Face?
Can the World withstand my Might,
When their Prince and God I chase?
What if here I Trouble have,
Faith is still the Victory,
From this evil World to save
Jesus liv’d and died for me.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “[Stillness. Written for Lady H{untingdon}]. Part IV.” This hymn appears in the manuscript “MS Shorthand Verse.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/565, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 2). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992), pages 404-19.
Publishing: Public Domain