Religion

Mark 1:10: Coming up out of the water. He saw the, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Where'er the pure baptismal rite
Is duly minister'd below,
The heavens are open'd in our sight,
And God His Spirit doth bestow,
The grace infused invisible.
Which would with man for ever dwell.

But ah, we lost the grace bestow'd.
Nor let the Spirit on us remain.
Made void the ordinance of God,
By sin shut up the heavens again,
Who would not keep our garments white,
Or walk as children of the light.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 1:10: Coming up out of the water. He saw the, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4642/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 1:10: Coming up out of the water. He saw the, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4642/.

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