Religion

Isaiah 49: Earth's greatest kings and queens shall be

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Earth's greatest kings and queens shall be
Divinely great, by serving Thee,
By favouring whom their God approves.
Defenders of the faithful seed.
Their glory and delight to feed
The meanest saint that Jesus loves:

While those who persecute and hate
My church in her forlorn estate,
Shall soon indignantly submit;
The worms that swell to wear a crown,
The haughty worms shall all bow down,
And lick the dust beneath thy feet.

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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 49: Earth's greatest kings and queens shall be.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3508/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 49: Earth's greatest kings and queens shall be.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3508/.

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