Religion

Nehemiah 10:39: We will not forsake the house of our God

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The literal, outward house we love,
Where God vouchsafes to place His name,
Nor will we. Lord, from thence remove,
But jointly there Thy praise proclaim,
And daily to Thy courts repair,
And seek Thee in the house of prayer.

But O! the house of living stones
We never can neglect or leave.
That temple which the world disowns,
To that in life and death we cleave,
Through faith to every member join'd,
The church diffused through all mankind.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Nehemiah 10:39: We will not forsake the house of our God.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3061/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Nehemiah 10:39: We will not forsake the house of our God.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3061/.

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