The Works of John Wesley, vol. 11 · section 25 of 85
For His Majesty King George.
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FOR HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE.
IMMORTAL King of kings,
Whose favor or whose frown
Monarchs and states to honor brings,
Or turns them upside down!
To thee, in danger’s hour,
We for our Sov’reign cry:
Protect him by thy gracious power,
And set him up on high.
Not by a mighty host
Can he deliver’d be;
Let others in their numbers trust,
We look, O Lord, to thee.
Help to thy servant send,
And strengthen from above;
And still thy minister defend
By thine almighty love.
The Spirit of thy grace
Thy heavenly unction, shed,
And hosts of guardian angels place
Around his sacred head.
Confound whoe’er oppose,
Or force them to retire;
Be thou a tower against his foes,
Be thou a wall of fire.
O bring him out of all
His sanctified distress,
And by his name thy servant call,
And fill him with thy peace.
Show him, almighty Lord,
That thou his Savior art;
And speak the soul-converting word,
“My son, give me thy heart!”