Hymns · 1762

Father, in our hearts reveal

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Originally titled “I will make a covenant of peace with them, it shall be an everlasting covenant.”—[Ezek.] xxxvii. 26. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 64.

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

Ezekiel 37:26

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Isaiah 54:10 Hebrews 13:20

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Psalm 103:17 Ephesians 3:17-19

Lyrics

Father, in our hearts reveal
The depths of love unknown, (Eph. 3:17-19)
’Stablish with thy church, and seal
The covenant in thy Son, (Heb. 13:20)
Covenant of perpetual peace, (Ezek. 37:26, Isa. 54:10)
Peace inviolably sure,
Pure, inherent righteousness,
Which always shall endure. (Ps. 103:17)