Religion

Matthew 23:38, 39: I Your house, no longer Mine

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

I Your house, no longer Mine,
Lo, to yourselves I leave.
My flock forsake. My charge resign,
And to destruction give!
The desolating curse
Doth still alas take place.
And hunts throughout the universe
The long-rejected race.

But O, they shall once more
Their slighted Saviour see,
With joyful hearts at last adore,
And own that Thou art He!
Come, Lord, and quickly come,
The long-lost sheep to find.

And call Thine ancient people home
To quicken all mankind.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 23:38, 39: I Your house, no longer Mine.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4455/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 23:38, 39: I Your house, no longer Mine.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4455/.

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