Religion

Mark 11:2, 39: This instant, Lord, my sight restore

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

This instant, Lord, my sight restore,
And following Thee I sin no more.
Yes, O my suffering God,
Henceforth I follow Thee
The narrow rugged road
Which leads to Calvary;
And there I on the cross ascend
To heavenly joys that never end.
1000. Yc shall find a colt tied, whereon never man, &=€. — xi.

An image of the Gadilcs see.
Long in a state of nature free.
Free from the law and gospel yoke.
Untaught, undisciplined, unbroke,
Till Jesus, full of truth and grace,
His servants sends to the highways.
Redeems by His all-powerful word,
And brings them to their pardoning Lord.
As a wild ass's colt is man.

Licentious, yet by passion bound.
Till Christ the vagabond restrain
And free him by the gospel sound.
He sends His servants forth to claim
The wanderer from His righteous laws,
And makes the human savage tame.
And marks His subject with His cross.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 11:2, 39: This instant, Lord, my sight restore.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4858/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 11:2, 39: This instant, Lord, my sight restore.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4858/.

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