Religion

Matthew 16:17: Not honours, power, or pleasures vain

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Not honours, power, or pleasures vain,
Not all the wealth on earth he sees,
Compose the happiness of man,
Or give the soul a taste of peace:
But soon as Jesus Christ we know,
The everlasting life we live.
And Him from whom all blessings flow,
With heaven into our hearts receive.

Father, to me the faith impart
Which makes and seals the blessing mine.
Discover to my longing heart
Thy Son in majesty Divine,
That knowing Him, my soul may prove
The rapturous sense of sin forgiven.
And through the bliss of perfect love
Pass to the endless bliss of heaven.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 16:17: Not honours, power, or pleasures vain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4298/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 16:17: Not honours, power, or pleasures vain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4298/.

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