Religion

Matthew 10: Can a minister complain

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Can a minister complain,
Can he ever want success?
If by each repulse he gain
Peace, confirm'd abundant peace;
If the peace which sinners spurn,
Heavenly, inconceivable.
Into his own breast return,
There with Christ for ever dwell?

Profit every way we find,
We, fi-om whom our gracious Lord
Only asks a willing mind
Simply to declare His word:
Jesus, if employ'd by Thee,
Thou shalt teach us what to say,
Bid us prove our ministry,
Give both will and power to' obey.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 10: Can a minister complain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4131/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 10: Can a minister complain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4131/.

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