Edward Perronet

Glory to God in the height of His divinity! Glory to God in the depth of his humanity!

Edward Perronet (1721 – 2 January 1792) was the son of an Anglican priest, who worked closely with John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley for many years in England's eighteenth century Christian revival. He is perhaps most famous for penning the lyrics to the well known hymn, "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name".

Quotes

• I was born, and am like to die in her tottering communion, but I despise her nonsense.
  • The Mitre: A Poem, 8vo (1757), p. 235, note; signed E. P. in monogram

• All hail the power of Jesu's name!
    Let Angels prostrate fall;
  Bring forth the royal diadem,
    To crown Him Lord of All.
  • "All Hail the Power of Jesu's Name", st. 1, in The Gospel Magazine (1780), without signature

• Glory to God in the height of His divinity! Glory to God in the depth of his humanity! Glory to God in His all-sufficiency! Into His hands I commend my spirit.
  • Last words, on or shortly before 2 January 1792, in Canterbury, Kent. Quoted in Robert J. Morgan, Then Sings My Soul: 150 of the World's Greatest Hymns Stories (Thomas Nelson, 2010), p. 77

Quotes about Perronet

• A most heavenly man with the most lively piety joined with the profoundest humility and ardent concern for the salvation of the people committed to his charge.
  • Selina Hastings, Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, vol. 1 (1839), p. 387