Death & Dying
Matthew 28:8: Joy unmix'd I would not know
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
Death & Dying
Joy unmix'd I would not know:
When Thou dost to me appear.
Guard the joy Thou dost bestow.
Moderate it with humble fear;
Fear of my unworthiness,
Fear lest I Thy grace should hide.
Fear of nature's fond excess,
Fear of losing it by pride.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 28:8: Joy unmix'd I would not know.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4624/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 28:8: Joy unmix'd I would not know.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4624/.
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