Religion
Matthew: It fell not:for it was founded upon a rock
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Let the rain descend, the flood
And vehement wind assail,
Built on the eternal God
The house can never fail:
Built on Christ the Rock it stands:
Stablish'd in obedience sure,
Man, who keeps his God's commands.
Shall as his God endure.
Who on Jesus' love rely.
And keep His word of grace,
We the rain and storm defy,
And floods of wickedness:
Troubles pouring from above,
Men and fiends, like floods and wind,
Never can the house remove,
The soul on Christ reclined.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew: It fell not:for it was founded upon a rock.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4059/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew: It fell not:for it was founded upon a rock.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4059/.
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