Noah, descended from the skies,
Our faithful, merciful high-priest,
The Lord accepts thy sacrifice,
A savour of perpetual rest,
Thy death did once for all atone,
And God and man in thee are one.
Noah, descended from the skies
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “Noah builded an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt-offerings. And the Lord smelled a sweet savour.”—[Gen.] viii. 20, 21. 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 15.
Publishing: Public Domain