Religion

Matthew 14:30: O May I cry for help to Thee

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

O May I cry for help to Thee
The moment I begin
To sink into the troubled sea,
Or yield to my own sin!
I know, in answer to my prayer.
Thou wouldst extend Thine hand,
My soul above the billows bear
To the celestial land.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 14:30: O May I cry for help to Thee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4260/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 14:30: O May I cry for help to Thee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4260/.

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