Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine,  3rd ser. 3 (1824), 576.

Hymn, Composed for the Opening of Brunswick Chapel, Macclesfield, May 30th, 1824: By the Rev. Isaac Keeling

Anon

Genre:

Extract, Poetry

Publications extracted:

Isaac Keeling

Subjects:

Piety, Wonder, Theology of NatureTT


    The first stanza enquires: 'Will God indeed to earth descend, / In temples made with hands to dwell? / Lo! round, above, the heavens extend; / Can science their dimensions tell? / Their viewless bounds we seek in vain; / Yet, can the heavens our God contain?'. Subsequent stanzas contrast the infinitude of God with the doctrine of incarnation.



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