Religion
2 Kings 25:27–29, 199: He felt the peace of those that live
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
He felt the peace of those that live
Triumphant in eternal day,
Peace which the world can never give,
Which death can never take away!
O FOR that tenderness of heart
Which bows before the Lord,
Acknowledges how just Thou art,
And trembles at Thy word!
O for those humble contrite tears
Which from repentance flow,
That consciousness of guilt, which fears
The long suspended blow!
Saviour, to me in pity give
The sensible distress,
The pledge Thou wilt at last receive,
And bid me die in peace,
Wilt from the dreadful day remove
Before the evil come.
My spirit hide with saints above,
My body in the tomb.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 25:27–29, 199: He felt the peace of those that live.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2975/.
Chicago
Wesley, Charles. “2 Kings 25:27–29, 199: He felt the peace of those that live.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2975/.
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