Religion

Proverbs 24:16: Not every day, but oft, he falls

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Not every day, but oft, he falls,
Not into sin, but great distress;
Out of the deep to Jesus calls,
And finds in Him returning peace.
Peace which the world can never give,
Can never violate, or conceive.

The just man falls to rise again.
And sit enthroned with Christ above.
Saved in a way of grief and pain.
Through sufferings perfected in love.
He falls — into a sea of blood,
He falls — into the depths of God!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Proverbs 24:16: Not every day, but oft, he falls.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3333/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Proverbs 24:16: Not every day, but oft, he falls.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3333/.

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