Religion

Mark 16:16: The infidel his doom shall bear

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The infidel his doom shall bear,
In endless torment cry,
But never doth our Lord declare
"The unbaptized shall die:"
In education's fetters bound
Who miss the outward way,
Yet love their God, shall all be found
His people in that day.

He winks at ignorance sincere
In them that knew His grace
But no unholy souls appear
Before His glorious face:
Baptized, or unbaptized, they all
Shall die the second death.
And banish'd from His presence fall
Into their place beneath.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 16:16: The infidel his doom shall bear.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4980/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Mark 16:16: The infidel his doom shall bear.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4980/.

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