Religion

Genesis 15:6: Father, in Abraham's steps I tread

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)

Religion

Father, in Abraham's steps I tread,
Receive Thine evangelic word,
Who gav'st to suffer in my stead
Thine only Son, my God and Lord:
The faith, which now I act on Thee,
Who didst again my Surety raise,
Is counted righteousness to me,
And I am saved through Jesu's grace.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 15:6: Father, in Abraham's steps I tread.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2420/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 15:6: Father, in Abraham's steps I tread.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2420/.

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