Wesley, John and Charles

2231. Not by Force of Arms Upheld [from Hymns on the Four Gospels, and Acts of the Apostles. Including Such "Short Hymns" as Were Published in 1762.]

1868

God's "Spirit in [His] kingdom given / Makes our hearts [His] humble throne"

  Not with worldly pomp and power
    Thou dost Thy sway maintain,
  Righteousness and peace restore
    And happiness to man:
  All Thy joyful subjects own,
Thy Spirit in Thy kingdom given
  Makes our hearts Thy humble throne,
    And turns our earth to heaven.

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Text from The Poetical works of John and Charles Wesley, Ed. G. Osborn, 13 vols. (London: The Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868). <Link to Hathi Trust>

More than 5,100 hymns written by Wesley for Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, with six books of material left (over 1,000 hymns) in manuscript. Unpublished were the hymns on the "Four Gospels and the Acts of Apostles."

08/09/2004