Religion

Obadiah: Jesus, Thy people's hearts inflame

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Jesus, Thy people's hearts inflame,
The Spirit of faith in Thy great name
Let it a Spirit of burning prove,
Destroy whom it doth now o'erpower,
And kindling on our lusts devour
The stubble of our creature-love.

O that Thy heavenly fire within
Might now consume the man of sin,
Till none of Esau's house remain!
The word Thy sacred lips hath pass'd,
Thou must destroy Thy foes at last,
And Lord of all for ever reign.

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Wesley, Charles. “Obadiah: Jesus, Thy people's hearts inflame.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3785/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Obadiah: Jesus, Thy people's hearts inflame.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3785/.

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