Religion
2 Kings 2:13: He took up the mantle of Elijah
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
We gather up with pious care
What happy saints have left behind.
Their writings in our memory bear.
Their sayings on our faithful mind;
Their works which traced them to the skies
For patterns to ourselves we take,
And dearly love, and highly prize
The mantle for the wearer's sake.
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 2:13: He took up the mantle of Elijah.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2936/.
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 2:13: He took up the mantle of Elijah.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2936/.
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