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Psalm 14:7: O That all the mournful nation
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
O That all the mournful nation
Might with me. Taste and see
Jesus's salvation!
O that all who 7vould rely on
Jesu's love. Now might prove
Safety is in Sion /
Jesus from our sins shall save us,
He shall soon Claim His own.
He who bouirht will have us.
When He frees our souls from prison,
Love and joy Shall employ
All the gospel-season.
As a wide-extended river,
IsraePs peace Shall increase,
Flow, and flow for ever.
S24. f have set God always before me, dr'c. — xvi. g.-f
O THAT I could, in every place,
By faith behold Jehovah's face,
My strict Observer see;
Present my heart and reins to try,
And feel the influence of His eye
For ever fix'd on me!
Discerning Thee, my Saviour, stand
My Advocate at God's right hand,
I never shall remove;
I cannot fall, upheld by Thee,
Or sin against the majesty
Of omnipresent Love.
Now, Saviour, now appear, appear,
And let me always see Thee near.
And know as I am known:
My spirit to Thyself unite.
And bear me through a sea of light
To that eternal throne.
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 14:7: O That all the mournful nation.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3166/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Psalm 14:7: O That all the mournful nation.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3166/.
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