Religion

Mark 15:38: The veil of the temple was rent in twain

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Sinners, approach, the Lamb is slain,
And lo, the veil is rent in twain,
The heavenly sanctuary true
Is now exposed to mortal view,
And earth through Christ's atoning blood
Is one great temple fiU'd with God.

Rent is the sacred flesh of Him
Whose death doth every soul redeem;
He made the new and living way
Which leads to everlasting day,
That all mankind alike forgiven
Might pass through Jesus' wounds to heaven.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 15:38: The veil of the temple was rent in twain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4968/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 15:38: The veil of the temple was rent in twain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4968/.

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