Religion
Exodus 5:17: Ve are idle, ye are idle, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
Soon as in earnest we begin
Our God to serve and please.
Our labour to escape from sin
Is counted idleness:
Yet will we labour on, till He,
Our great Redeemer come.
And set our hearts at liberty.
And take His servants home.
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Wesley, Charles. “Exodus 5:17: Ve are idle, ye are idle, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2482/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Exodus 5:17: Ve are idle, ye are idle, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2482/.
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