Religion

Mark 8:16: From spiritual to sensual good

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

From spiritual to sensual good
By nature's weight we slide,
Till saved and perfectly renew'd
In Jesus we abide:
From sensible enjoyments then
To spiritual we soar,
And never sink in flesh again.
And think of earth no more.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 8:16: From spiritual to sensual good.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4798/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 8:16: From spiritual to sensual good.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4798/.

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