Religion

Matthew 18:8: Tis not enough, at Thy command

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Tis not enough, at Thy command
The eye to shut, the hand to stay.
The eye I must pluck out, the hand
Cut off, and cast them both away.
The' occasions dear far off remove,
The objects of my sinful love.

Not without grief an eye is lost,
Torn from its seat with lingering smart:
And will it less of anguish cost
To tear a passion from the heart?
Jesus, my helplessness I see,
And ask the violent grace from Thee.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 18:8: Tis not enough, at Thy command.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4339/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 18:8: Tis not enough, at Thy command.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4339/.

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