Religion

Genesis 19: I KNOW the power was Thine

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

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.

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/.

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