Religion

Mark 15:22: They bring Him unto the place Golgotha

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Burden'd with our griefs and cares
That true Isaac from the skies,
Lo, Himself the wood He bears
To the place of sacrifice,
Bears it to MoriaKs top;
There extended on the tree
Lo, the universal Hope
Hangs, and bleeds, and dies for me.

Suffering death without the gate
Yvoxxi Jerusalem He leads,
Thus, instructing us to wait
Where the common Victim bleeds.
After Him our hearts ascend,
Lifted up 'twixt earth and skies,
On His only death depend,
Seek no other sacrifice.

Jesus lays the ransom down,
Buys the nations with His blood,
Doth for all our sins atone.
Reconciles a world to God.
Jesus purchases our peace,
(Peace which every soul may find,)
Pardon, grace, and hoUness,
Life, and heaven for all mankind.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 15:22: They bring Him unto the place Golgotha.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4961/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 15:22: They bring Him unto the place Golgotha.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4961/.

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