Religion
Matthew 5:15: Not for ourselves the light of grace
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Religion
Not for ourselves the light of grace
Didst Thou on us bestow.
But for the whole benighted race
Thy darken'd house below:
The candlesticks Thy churches are,
The Spirit in them design'd
Thy truth and goodness to declare,
To lighten all mankind.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 5:15: Not for ourselves the light of grace.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3970/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 5:15: Not for ourselves the light of grace.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3970/.
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