Religion

A Prayer for Persons Joined in Fellowship, Part 3

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742) · Osborn ed., vol. 2 (1869)

Religion

God of our life, at Thy command
We now our sins confess,
In nakedness of spirit stand,
And show our sore disease.

God of our health, in Thy great name
We now perform Thy will;
Regard our prayer, admit our claim,
Our sin-sick spirits heal.

Forgive the sins through which we groan,
Which we no longer hide;
Our filthiness of flesh we own,
Our filthiness of pride.

The devilish and the brutal lust
To Thee we now confess;
Cleanse us, O faithful God and just,
From all unrighteousness.

Then shall we to Thine only name
The praise and glory give,
The greatness of Thy power proclaim
To us-ward who believe.

Then let or earth or hell oppose,
We will assert Thy power,
And witness to a world of foes
That we can sin no more.

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Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “A Prayer for Persons Joined in Fellowship, Part 3.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/215/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “A Prayer for Persons Joined in Fellowship, Part 3.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/215/.

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