Religion
Genesis 19: I KNOW the power was Thine
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
I Know the power was Thine,
Which did from sin restrain,
And saved so oft by grace Divine,
I ask Thy grace again:
From sin withhold me still,
For Jesu's sake alone;
And though inclined to every ill,
I shall consent to none.
To my own net I dare
No longer sacrifice.
Myself to publicans prefer.
Or scorn the slaves of vice:
The slave of vice I am,
If left in danger's hour;
And virtue is an empty name.
Without Thy Spirit's power.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 19: I KNOW the power was Thine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2438/.
Chicago
Wesley, Charles. “Genesis 19: I KNOW the power was Thine.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2438/.
Read this poem with the Codex →