Religion

Mark 11:22, 23, 24

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742) · Osborn ed., vol. 2 (1869)

Religion

Jesu, my trust is in Thy word,
Thy promise I receive;
It ever stands upon record,
And I in God believe.

Thy truth and faithfulness I own,
Which I shall fully prove;
Thy power shall all in me be shown,
Thine utmost power of love.

Such faith in God through Thee I have,
I shall be throughly clean;
Thou canst, Thou wilt the sinner save
From all his inbred sin.

Wherefore through Thee to sin I say,
This mountain in my heart, —
"Be thou removed far hence away,
For ever hence depart!

"No more in me thy being last,
Have thou no place in me;
In Jesu's name I say, Be cast,
Be cast into the sea!"

It shall be so: I do not doubt,
The mountain shall depart;
Sin shall be shortly all cast out
Of my believing heart.

Whate'er I ask I shall receive:
I ask the perfect power
That sin no more in me may live;
And it shall live no more.

I have the things for which I pray
And fervently desire;
Jesu, take all my sins away,
Baptize me with Thy fire.

I ask that I may do Thy will
As angels do above;
I ask Thee all my soul to fill
With pure, seraphic love.

Whate'er I ask in faith I have,
As sure as God is true;
From all my sins Thou soon shall save.
And all my soul renew.

Things most impossible shall be,
As sure as God is power;
And I shall quickly be in Thee,
And I shall sin no more.

Though heaven and earth away shall pass,
Thy promise cannot move;
And I shall taste the perfect grace,
As sure as God is love!

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Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 11:22, 23, 24.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/317/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 11:22, 23, 24.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/317/.

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