Young Men and Maidens, Raise

Young men and maidens, raise
Your tuneful voices high;
Old men and children, praise
The Lord of earth and sky;
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eternity.

The universal King
Let all the world proclaim;
Let every creature sing
His attributes and Name!
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eternity.

In His great Name alone
All excellencies meet,
Who sits upon the throne,
And shall forever sit;
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eternity.

Glory to God belongs;
Glory to God be given,
Above the noblest songs
Of all in earth or heaven!
Him Three in One and One in Three,
Extol to all eternity.

When did you last sing of the Trinity? Not implied or assumed, but sung of Him who is Three in One and One in Three?  When did you last sing a song which has, as it’s main aim, to extol other Christians to think on and revel in the Glory of God?

So many songs of today are about MY response to ‘God’.  These songs stir the heart and many of them could be sung by any old theist – you don’t have to believe in the Father, Son and Spirit to sing them, you don’t have to be in relationship to God in Three Persons: Diverse and One.

Wesley’s hymn stirs the heart alright – a clarion call to consider who God is, as He is.  The Great Mystery revealed supremely in the Son of Man, made plain as the Father of All Peoples and the Spirit of Creation.  This is our God.  He is worthy of our praise – not because of what He has done for us, but rather for who He is. His gracious action for us, His invitation to us, makes His glory all the more plain to our dim eyes.

“Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways “For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counsellor?” “Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid?” For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.” Romans 11:33-36