Religion

2 Kings 8:13: How should we place to Satan give

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

How should we place to Satan give,
Or sin to such excess?
We cannot now the depths conceive
Of our own wickedness;
Ourselves so skilful to conceal.
So exquisite our art,
God only knows the utmost hell
Of the deceitful heart.

But now, whate'er was done by man,
Divinely taught I see,
What most my soul abhors, I can
Commit, if left by Thee:
Ah, do not, Lord, forsake Thine own.
And I shall never fall.
Urged to all sins shall yield to none,
I'hough capable of all.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 8:13: How should we place to Satan give.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2963/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 8:13: How should we place to Satan give.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2963/.

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