Religion

Matthew 23:37: How kindly. Lord, dost Thou lament

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

How kindly. Lord, dost Thou lament
Their sinful misery.
Who will not, while they may, repent,
And Thy salvation see!
Jerusalem, whoe'er deny,'
Jerusalem shall prove
Thou wouldst not have one sinner dit:
Excluded from Thy love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 23:37: How kindly. Lord, dost Thou lament.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4453/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 23:37: How kindly. Lord, dost Thou lament.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4453/.

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