Religion

Matthew 9:25: He went in, atid took her by the hand, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Till Jesus' hand the sinner take,
The dead in sin can never wake.
Or second life retrieve;
But touch'd by his Redeemer's hand,
And summon'd by his Lord's command
The dead shall hear and live.

Living and dead together join'd.
Sinners and God, we strangely find.
If Christ our righteousness
Enter, and touch the sinful will.
And give our senseless souls to feel
The quickening power of grace.

Grace, and the will through Christ alone
Concur, inseparably one;
Thy Spirit's energy,
Jesus we now by faith perceive,
And wake to righteousness, and live.
And move and act for Thee.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 9:25: He went in, atid took her by the hand, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4107/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 9:25: He went in, atid took her by the hand, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4107/.

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