Religion

Mark 12:1: Gob let His vineyard out to man

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Gob let His vineyard out to man.
His rent of glory to obtain.
Told him his soul was not his own,
But made to serve his Lord alone;
He bade him feed, increase, improve
His grain of faith, his seed of love,
And stock'd him with sufficient grace
To bear the fruits of righteousness.

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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 12:1: Gob let His vineyard out to man.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4877/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Mark 12:1: Gob let His vineyard out to man.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4877/.

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