Religion

Matthew 6: Let not thy left hand know

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Saviour, remove the vanity,
Which poisons all I do for Thee,
O make me studious to conceal
What boastful nature would reveal;
My good be to the world unknown,
Or publish'd for Thy praise alone.

A time, I know there is to' obey,
And act for God in open day:
O that I then with single eye
Thee, only Thee may glorify,
The least in my own eyes appear,
And always pray and always fear!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 6: Let not thy left hand know.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3998/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 6: Let not thy left hand know.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/3998/.

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