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WHO CAN WORTHILY COMMEND?

Scripture Verse

Unto Him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in His own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and His Father; to Him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Revelation 1:5–6

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 824.

Music: Ormes­by George Mer­ritt, in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889), num­ber 46 (🔊 ).

Alternate Tune:

  • Caledonia (Gar­butt) Clark­son Gar­butt, in A Col­lect­ion of Hymns for the Peo­ple Called Me­tho­dists, tune edi­tion (Lon­don: Wes­ley­an Con­fer­ence Of­fice, 1877), num­ber 733 (🔊 )

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Who can wor­thi­ly com­mend
Thy love un­search­able?
Love which made Thee con­des­cend
Our curse and death to feel!
Thou, the one eter­nal God,
Who didst Thy­self our ran­som pay,
Hast with Thy own pre­cious blood,
Washed all our sins away.

By the Spir­it of our Head
Anointed priests and kings,
Conquerors of the world we tread
On all ter­res­tri­al things,
Sit in heav­enl­y plac­es down,
While yet we in the flesh re­main,
Now, par­tak­ers of Thy throne,
Before Thy Fa­ther reign.

In Thy mem­bers here be­neath
The In­ter­cess­or prays;
Here we in Thy Spir­it breathe
The quin­tes­sence of praise;
Offer up our all to God,
And God be­holds, with gra­cious eyes,
First the pur­chase of Thy blood,
And then our sac­ri­fice.

Jesus, let Thy king­dom come,
Inspired by Thee, we pray;
Previous to the ge­ner­al doom,
The ev­er­last­ing day!
Take pos­sess­ion of Thine own;
And let us then our Sav­ior see
Glorious on Thy heav’n­ly throne,
Thro’ all eter­ni­ty.