Religion
Mark 7:12: The gift which our own flesh we owe
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Religion
The gift which our own flesh we owe
If on the temple we bestow.
Though meant an offering to the skies,
Tis sacrilege, not sacrifice:
What through the hands of parents poor
We gladly should to God restore.
If to the church or priest we give,
God never will through them receive.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 7:12: The gift which our own flesh we owe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4773/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 7:12: The gift which our own flesh we owe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4773/.
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