Who madest thus the earth and skies,
A world, a six days’ work of thine,
Thou bidst the new creation rise,
Nobler effect of grace divine!
We might spring up at thy command,
For glory in an instant meet;
But by thy will at last we stand
In gradual holiness compleat.
Who madest thus the earth
Hymnal/Album: Original title: “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished.” —[Gen.] ii. 1. 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 3.
Publishing: Public Domain