1 All hail the True Elijah,
the Lord our God and Savior!
Who leaves behind, for all mankind
the token of His favor.
The never dying Prophet,
a while to mortals given,
this solemn day is rapt away
by flaming steed to heaven.
2 Come see the rising triumph
and prostrate fall before Him;
He mounts the skies, above them flies,
where all His hosts adore Him.
Borne on His fiery chariot
with joyful acclamation,
pursue the Lord to heav'n restored,
the God of our salvation.
3 Who see their Lord at parting,
they shall on earth inherit
a double pow'r, a larger show'r
of His descending Spirit.
The Spirit of our Master
shall rest on each believer,
and surely, we our Master see,
who lives and reigns forever.
4 Yes, our exalted Jesus,
by faith we now adore Thee,
and still we sit before Thy feet,
and triumph in Thy glory.
In vain the flaming chariot
has parted us asunder,
we still through grace behold Thy face,
and shout our loving wonder.
6 By faith we catch Thy mantle,
the cov'ring of Thy Spirit;
by faith we wear and gladly share
Thine all-involving merit.
We rest beneath Thy shadow
till by the whirlwind driven,
from earth we rise and mount the skies,
and grasp our Lord in heaven!
Source: Our Great Redeemer's Praise #273
Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >
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