Religion
2 Chronicles 12:8: An abject slave I long have been
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
An abject slave I long have been
To Satan, and the world, and sin,
As by my God forsook.
Who would not to my Saviour stoop,
The burden of His cross take up.
Or bear His easy yoke.
The difference now I know and feel;
Jesus, to serve Thy foes is hell;
But once again forgiven,
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Chronicles 12:8: An abject slave I long have been.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3008/.
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Wesley, Charles. “2 Chronicles 12:8: An abject slave I long have been.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3008/.
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