Religion
Matthew 4:20: Happy the soul who casts behind
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Religion
Happy the soul who casts behind
The world and its entangling snares!
By simple faith to Jesus join'd
He only for his Master cares:
VVhate'er he for his Master leaves,
Whether his stock be large or small,
A grateful sacrifice he gives,
And much forsakes, who quits his all.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 4:20: Happy the soul who casts behind.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3950/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 4:20: Happy the soul who casts behind.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3950/.
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