Religion

Mark 13:5: The men of an unstable mind

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The men of an unstable mind,
Themselves who never throughly knew.
Their eager hope and passion blind
For things extraordinary and new
Exposes them to Satan's wiles.
Who makes their souls his easy spoils.

To each seducer they give ear,
In every lying prophet trust.
Who claims the sinless character,
Who dares his own perfection boast,
"Of glory in an instant sure.
And pure, at once, as God is pure!"

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 13:5: The men of an unstable mind.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4903/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 13:5: The men of an unstable mind.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4903/.

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