Religion
Jeremiah 30:7: Alas, for that day is great, so that none, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Great in evil is the day
Which now I groan to feel,
While He doth my heart di-splay,
Mine inbred sin reveal.
Lay the depths of Satan bare.
Extort the agonizing cry.
Save me sinking in despair.
Or I for ever die!
Pity in my last distress.
And leave me not alone.
In my utter feebleness
Thy perfect strength make known;
Bring me then out of the fire.
Thy face in holiness to see.
Seven times purified; entire.
And all complete in Thee.
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Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 30:7: Alas, for that day is great, so that none, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3642/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Jeremiah 30:7: Alas, for that day is great, so that none, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3642/.
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