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 them and the places round about my hill, a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season: there shall be showers of blessing.”—[Ezek.] xxxiv. 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 55.
Scripture connections
References
Verses this song directly draws fromAllusions
Verses this song echoes or alludes toLyrics
Us who climb thy holy hill (Ps. 24:3, Ps. 15:1)
A general blessing make, (Ezek. 34:26)
Let the world our influence feel,
Our gospel-grace partake;
Grace to help in time of need (Heb. 4:16)
Pour out on sinners from above,
All thy Spirit’s fulness shed (Joel 2:28, Acts 2:17)
In showers of heavenly love. (Ezek. 34:26)