Religion

Matthew 8:34: I All are Ge?-gesenes in heart

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

I All are Gergesenes in heart.
Who their time refuse to know,
All who with their Saviour part.
Rather than their sins forego;
Visited by Christ in vain.

Who their swine before Him choose,
Sensual lusts and worldly gain;
Christ, and heaven, and all they lose.
But His presence we implore,
Meeting Him in this our day:
Jesus, in Thy saving power
Condescend with us to stay:
Thou art all good things in one;

Never from our souls remove,
Fill us with Thy love alone.
Perfect, all-sufficient love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8:34: I All are Ge?-gesenes in heart.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4092/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 8:34: I All are Ge?-gesenes in heart.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4092/.

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