Hymns · 1762

God in Christ, appear, and seal

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 with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.”—[Ezek.] xxxiv. 25. 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 55.

Scripture connections

Expository

This passage is the main idea of the song

Ezekiel 34:25

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Isaiah 11:6 Ezekiel 37:26 Hosea 2:18-18

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Numbers 25:12 Isaiah 35:9 Isaiah 54:10 Isaiah 65:25

Lyrics

God in Christ, appear, and seal
Thy covenant of peace, (Ezek. 34:25, Ezek. 37:26, Num. 25:12, Isa. 54:10)
With us in the desart dwell,
And evil beasts shall cease, (Ezek. 34:25)
Lions shall no more devour, (Isa. 35:9)
Nor wolves infest thy quiet sheep, (Isa. 11:6, Isa. 65:25)
None shall dare approach the bower
Where in thy arms we sleep. (Ezek. 34:25, Hosea 2:18)