The Fruit of Mary's Womb

For Christmas

Elizabeth, Cousin to Mary, the Mother of Jesus

Words: Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Four Gospels: St. Luke, #1154. “Blessed is the fruit of thy womb.” Gospel of St. Luke i. 42.

Source: George Osborn, ed., The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley. Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), p. 107.

1
    The Fruit of Mary's womb
        Is bless'd, and that alone,
    Whatever blessings come
        From the eternal throne
Through Mary's Offspring we receive,
And happy in His life we live.

2
    That holy Child bestow'd
        On poor apostate man,
    That everlasting God
        Whom heaven cannot contain,
Source of our gracious joys He is,
And constitutes our glorious bliss

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