Religion

Ecclesiastes: Upright both in heart and will

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Upright both in heart and will
We by our God were made,
But we turn'd from good to ill,
And o'er the creatures stray'd,
Multiplied our wandering thought.
Which first was fix'd on God alone,
In ten thousand objects sought
The bliss we lost in one.

From our own inventions vain
Of fancied happiness,
Draw us to Thyself again.
And bid our wanderings cease,
Jesus, speak our souls restored
By love's Divine simplicity,
Re-united to our Lord,
And wholly lost in Thee.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Ecclesiastes: Upright both in heart and will.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3342/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Ecclesiastes: Upright both in heart and will.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3342/.

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