Religion
Mark 1:22: From servile fear and flatterers free
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)
From servile fear and flatterers free
Who ministers the gospel-word,
With wisdom, life, and energy
He only seeks to please his Lord
And labours sinners to convert.
And gains, by preaching to, the heart.
He doth not learnedly declaim,
His gifts or eloquence to show.
But preaches peace in Jesus' name:
And all the man of God may know
Distinguish'd by an heavenly sign.
Clothed with authority Divine.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 1:22: From servile fear and flatterers free.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4648/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 1:22: From servile fear and flatterers free.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4648/.
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