Religion
1 Samuel 16:23: When the evil spirit was upon Saul, David, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
Music, as first by heaven design'd
To calm the tumult of the mind.
Relieves us by its sacred aid.
As Saul was well when David play'd:
But if it takes the tempter's part,
And softly steals from God the heart.
It chases the good Spirit away,
And courts the evil one to stay.
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Wesley, Charles. “1 Samuel 16:23: When the evil spirit was upon Saul, David, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2851/.
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Wesley, Charles. “1 Samuel 16:23: When the evil spirit was upon Saul, David, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2851/.
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