Religion

Matthew 21:26: How doth a single word of Thine

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

How doth a single word of Thine,
Saviour, the surest scheme o'erthrow,
Defeat the' insidious world's design.
Confound their wisdom from below,
And force their silence to confess
The truth their malice would suppress I

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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 21:26: How doth a single word of Thine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4408/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 21:26: How doth a single word of Thine.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4408/.

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