Religion

Matthew 14:19: Jesus, the needy sinner's Friend

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Jesus, the needy sinner's Friend,
Command the crowd to sit,
Who hungry still on Thee attend,
And nothing have to eat:
They hear the word Thy lips have said,
Low at Thy feet they bow:
Distribute now the heavenly Bread,
And feed their spirits now.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 14:19: Jesus, the needy sinner's Friend.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4248/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 14:19: Jesus, the needy sinner's Friend.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4248/.

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