Religion

Mark 8:12: When the captious Pharisee

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)

Religion

When the captious Pharisee
Asks a fresh unneeded sign,
We can only sigh like Thee
Touch'd with sympathy Divine!
Lord increase our loving grief.
Hear us for the' opposers pray,
Help their wilful unbelief,
Take their stony heart away.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 8:12: When the captious Pharisee.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4795/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 8:12: When the captious Pharisee.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4795/.

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