Religion
Mark 10:15: Old age we second childhood name
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Old age we second childhood name,
Reason's decline, and nature's shame;
But infancy of grace
Our reason's full perfection is,
Our meetness for the' ecstatic bliss,
The sight of Jesus' face.
Jesus, believing in Thy name,
By faith a child of God I am,
The faith Thou didst impart;
And with a child's docility
A tablet I present to Thee,
An unopposing heart.
Erase the character of sin,
And write whate'er Thou wilt therein,
Whate'er Thou art for man:
Thy name. Thine image I receive.
Which makes me fit with Thee to live,
With Thee my Lord to reign.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 10:15: Old age we second childhood name.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4838/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 10:15: Old age we second childhood name.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4838/.
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