Religion

Zechariah 2:8: Jesus on the celestial hill

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Jesus on the celestial hill
Doth for His people care,
Doth suffer in His members still,
And all our sorrows bear:
If crush'd on earth the foot complain,
Feeling the injury
The Head above cries out in pain,
"Thou persecutest Me."

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Zechariah 2:8: Jesus on the celestial hill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3840/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Zechariah 2:8: Jesus on the celestial hill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3840/.

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