Sunday's Hymn: In Bunhill Fields

Susanna Wesley is another of the well-known people buried in Bunhill Fields. As far as I know, she didn’t write any hymns, but three of her sons did. Susanna was the one who educated all her children, so I’m betting some of their hymn-writing abilities came from her. This Sunday, I’m featuring a hymn written by the least famous of her hymn writing sons, Samuel Wesley, Jr.

 

Hail, Father, Whose Creating Call

 

Hail, Father, whose creating call

Unnumbered worlds attend;
Jehovah, comprehending all,
Whom none can comprehend!

In light unsearchable enthroned,
Whom angels dimly see,
The fountain of the Godhead owned,
And foremost of the Three.

From Thee, through an eternal now,
The Son, Thine offspring, flowed;
An everlasting Father Thou,
An everlasting God.

Nor quite displayed to worlds above,
Nor quite on earth concealed;
By wondrous, unexhausted love,
To mortal man revealed.

Supreme and all-sufficient God,
When nature shall expire,
And worlds created by Thy nod
Shall perish by Thy fire.

Thy Name, Jehovah, be adored
By creatures without end,
Whom none but Thy essential Word
And Spirit comprehend.

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• The Fifth Sunday After Easter at Magic Statistics
• In the Cross of Christ I Glory at The Happy Wonderer
• Blessed Lord, in Thee Is Refuge at Hiraeth
  
• Jesus, Your Name at Seasoning of the Heart
• Immortal Honors Rest on Jesus’ Head at Whatever Things…
• Shout, for the Blessed Jesus Reigns at Field Stone Cottage
• Lord’s Day 17, 2008 at The Thirsty Theologian
• I Know That My Redeemer Lives at JoythruChrist
• Sing with All the Saints in Glory at Conjubilant With Song.

Have you posted a hymn today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list.