Hymns · 1767

The Lord our God is only One

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Hymnal / album Hymns on the Trinity

Publisher Pine

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Notes Originally titled: “'The Lord our God is ONE JEHOVAH.'—Deut. vi. 4. 'Thou whose name ALONE is JEHOVAH art the most high over all the earth.'—Ps. lxxxiii. 18. 'This is the name whereby he shall be called JEHOVAH our righteousness.'—Jer. xxiii. 6. 'The Lord JEHOVAH took me, the SPIRIT lifted me up, &c.'—Ezek. viii. 1, 3.” Introduced by Charles Wesley in Hymns on the Trinity (Bristol: Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 292.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Deuteronomy 6:4 Zechariah 14:9

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Genesis 1:1 Exodus 3:14 Exodus 6:3 Psalm 83:18 Isaiah 42:8 Jeremiah 23:6 Ezekiel 8:1-3 I John 5:7

Lyrics

Verse 1
The Lord our God is only One, (Deut. 6:4, Zech. 14:9)
One is Jehovah the most high: (Ps. 83:18)
Jehovah is his name alone, (Jer. 23:6, Is. 42:8)
Who made and fills both earth and sky: (Gen. 1:1)
Jehovah is the Saviour’s name;
Jehovah is the Spirit’s too: (Ezek. 8:1-3)
And Three essentially the same (I John 5:7)
Is the eternal God and true.

Verse 2
The name peculiarly divine (Ex. 3:14)
Which doth his nature best express, (Ex. 6:3)
To the Three Persons we assign,
And each substantial God confess: (I John 5:7)
Rivals of his celestial host
We triumph here like those above,
And Father, Son, and Holy Ghost
The One supreme Jehovah love.