Religion
Numbers 14:4: Let us make a captain, and let us return, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
Oft as our hearts to sin turn'd back,
Impatient of Thy rule, we cried.
Of self let us a captain make,
And fly to Egypt with our guide:
And did not mercy stand between.
Our unbelief would still prevail,
Our guide would bring us back to sin.
And nature lead us down to hell.
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Wesley, Charles. “Numbers 14:4: Let us make a captain, and let us return, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2595/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Numbers 14:4: Let us make a captain, and let us return, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2595/.
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