Religion

Habakkuk 2:1: By faith I set me on the tower

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

By faith I set me on the tower,
And watch the answer of my prayer:
Hasten, O Lord, the joyful hour,
And all Thy name in me declare;
O tell me now that love Thou art.
Speak to my troubled conscience peace,
Speak power into my feeble heart,
And life, and perfect holiness.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Habakkuk 2:1: By faith I set me on the tower.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3813/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Habakkuk 2:1: By faith I set me on the tower.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3813/.

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