Religion

Jeremiah 13:23: Can the Ethiop change his skin

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

Can the Ethiop change his skin?
His spots the leopard lose?
Can a soul inured to sin
The paths of virtue choose?
Yes, my kind almighty Lord,
At Thy transforming word they may;
I at Thy transforming word
Repent, believe, obey.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 13:23: Can the Ethiop change his skin.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3620/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 13:23: Can the Ethiop change his skin.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3620/.

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