Religion
Matthew 19:13: We wish our children rich and great
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Religion
We wish our children rich and great,
Rather than good and wise.
Yet wonder that they virtue hate,
And chase the paths of vice:
Our children in their earliest days
Would we to Christ commend,
His love would bless, support, embrace
And keep them to the end.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 19:13: We wish our children rich and great.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4356/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 19:13: We wish our children rich and great.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4356/.
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