Jesus' soul and body are

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Jesus' soul and body are

Author: Charles Wesley (1764)
Tune: COBURG (Albert)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1. Jesus’ flesh and spirit are
The true Temple of the Lord;
Come we then and worship there
God in the incarnate Word!
There the pure religion lies,
Dwells the Father in his Son;
God who reigns above the skies,
God is found in Christ alone.

2. Very Man of very man,
Temple of the Deity,
Whom the heav'ns cannot contain,
Bow our inmost souls to thee:
Exiles while on Earth we mourn,
Captives in a world of care,
All our tho'ts to thee we turn,
Ev'ry wish and ev'ry prayer.

3. Prostrate now the cross before,
Join we in thy Spirit’s cry,
Thine humanity adore,
Wait thy coming from the sky:
Come, and fix your Temple here,
All thy majesty reveal,
With thy blushing scars appear,
Heaven and Earth with glory fill.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #101

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Author: Charles Wesley

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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