Religion

Numbers 24:24: The powers that did from Chittim come

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The powers that did from Chittim come,
O'erran and deluged all the East:
The' avenging arms of pagan Rome
Ebcr's degenerate sons oppress'd,
Slaughter'd, or chased through earth abroad
Those murderers of incarnate God.

While Satan fills the' unerring chair,
They still afflict the chosen seed,
The inward Jews they vex and tear,
The faithfiil Israelites indeed;
That papal beast the saints o'erpowers,
And with his iron teeth devours.

But Jesus, our triumphant Lord,
Soon as the witnesses are kill'd,
Arm'd with His Spirit's flaming sword,
In glorious majesty reveal'd,
Shall slay the antichrist of Rome,
And seal his everlasting doom.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Numbers 24:24: The powers that did from Chittim come.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2633/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Numbers 24:24: The powers that did from Chittim come.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2633/.

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