Religion

Hosea 12:4: Whom Jacob once in Bethel found

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Whom Jacob once in Bethel found,
We too have found the Lord,
Have heard His voice of mercy sound.
His reconciling word;
Where first we felt the sprinkled blood.
And saw our sins forgiven.
This is, we cried, the house of God,
This is the gate of heaven!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hosea 12:4: Whom Jacob once in Bethel found.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3755/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hosea 12:4: Whom Jacob once in Bethel found.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3755/.

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