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Hymns · 1739

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

Songwriter Charles Wesley

Made popular by Charles Wesley, John Wesley

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Hymnal / album Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)
Publisher William Strahan
Copyright Public Domain
Notes 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.

Scripture connections

Lyrics

Verse 1
Glory be to God on high, (Luke 2:14)
God whose glory fills the sky: (Ps. 19:1, Hab. 3:3, Isa. 6:3, Hab. 2:14)
Peace on earth to man forgiv’n, (Luke 2:14, Eph. 1:7)
Man the well-belov’d of heav’n! (Eph. 1:6, I John 3:1)

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, (Ps. 145:10)
Hail! The everlasting Lord! (Isa. 40:28, Gen. 21:33)
Thee with thankful hearts we prove
Lord of pow’r, and God of love. (II Cor. 13:11, I John 4:8, I John 4:16)

Verse 4
Christ our Lord and God we own, (John 20:28)
Christ the Father’s only Son! (John 1:14, John 3:16)
Lamb of God for sinners slain, (John 1:29, Rev. 5:6, Rev. 5:12, I Pet. 1:18-19, Rev. 13:8)
Saviour of offending man! (I Tim. 1:15, Luke 19:10)

Verse 5
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, (Ps. 86:1, Ps. 31:2, II Kings 19:16)
Hear, the world’s attonement thou! (I John 2:2)
Jesu, in thy name we pray, (John 14:13-14)
Take, O take our sins away. (I John 3:5, John 1:29)

Verse 6
Pow’rful advocate with God, (I John 2:1, Heb. 7:25, Rom. 8:34)
Justify us by thy blood! (Rom. 5:9)
Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, (Ps. 86:1, Ps. 31:2, II Kings 19:16)
Hear, the world’s attonement thou! (I John 2:2)

Verse 7
Hear; for thou, O Christ alone
With thy glorious Sire art One![1] (John 10:30)
One the Holy Ghost with thee,
One supreme eternal Three. (I John 5:7, Eph. 4:4-6)

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