Religion

Isaiah 28:16: Happy the men who Jesus know

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Happy the men who Jesus know,
Who humbly walk with God below.
His secret voice attend;
From all tumultuous passion free.
Their Guide invisible they see,
And commune with their Friend.

O that I thus on Christ reclined,
His quiet, meek, and even mind
Might with Himself possess:
I want the faith which works by hope.
Which calmly to its Lord looks up,
And waits for perfect peace.

Jesus, on me the power bestow
To work, or rest, stand still, or go,
As Thy design I see:
Redeem'd from nature's hurrying strife,
I would not take one step in life
Without a beck from Thee.

No longer rash to act, or speak.
To think or judge, I only seek
To know Thine utmost will;
I set my God a time no more,
The kingdom when Thou wilt restore,
And all Thy love reveal.
I do, if I pui Him off. J. W.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 28:16: Happy the men who Jesus know.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3432/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 28:16: Happy the men who Jesus know.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3432/.

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