Religion
Isaiah 57:1: Happy is the righteous man
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 9 (1870)
Religion
Happy is the righteous man,
Snatch 'd away to his Beloved:
O might I his lot obtain.
Suddenly from earth removed!
Bless'd, for ever bless'd might I
Soon, and unlamented die!
Take me from the evil. Lord;
Take the evil first from me:
By Thy hallowing grace restored.
Let me here Thy glory see,
Serve Thee with a perfect heart.
Live to God— and then depart.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 57:1: Happy is the righteous man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3536/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Isaiah 57:1: Happy is the righteous man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3536/.
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