Religion
Numbers 11:15: Meekest of all the sons of men
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Meekest of all the sons of men.
Did Moses peevishly complain,
And weak impatience show?
The holiest in that virtue fail'd.
In that wherein they most excell'd,
Till God appear'd below.
But now the better hope brought in
Gives perfect liberty from sin,
And Christ vouchsafes to' impart
The Spirit of holiness complete.
To make His saints for glory meet,
To make them meek in heart.
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Wesley, Charles. “Numbers 11:15: Meekest of all the sons of men.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2581/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Numbers 11:15: Meekest of all the sons of men.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2581/.
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