A Hymn to the Trinity

St. Etheldreda's Church, Ely Place, London.

Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Trinity (1767)

Hail, co-essential Three,

In mystic Unity!

Father, Son, and Spirit, hail!

God by Heaven and earth adored,

God incomprehensible;

One supreme, almighty Lord,

One supreme, almighty Lord.

Thou sittest on the throne,

Plurality in One;

Saints behold Thine open face,

Bright, insufferably bright;

Angels tremble as they gaze,

Sink into a sea of light,

Sink into a sea of light.

Ah! when shall we increase

Their heavenly ecstasies?

Chant, like them, the Lord Most High,

Fall like them who dare not move;

“Holy, holy, holy,” cry,

Breathe the praise of silent love?

Breathe the praise of silent love?

Come, Father, in the Son

And in the Spirit down;

Glorious Triune Majesty,

God through endless ages blest,

Make us meet Thy face to see,

Then receive us to Thy breast;

Then receive us to Thy breast.