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Luke 1:48: His servants in their low estate
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
His servants in their low estate
Through His regard are truly great.
For who in their own eyes
Little, and poor, and vile appear,
Jesus delights to honour here,
And lifts them to the skies.
The more our Lord exalts, the more
We sink, and self-abased adore
Thy peerless majesty.
All creature-excellence disclaim.
And strive, o'erwhelm'd with holy shame,
To lose ourselves in Thee.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 1:48: His servants in their low estate.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5005/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 1:48: His servants in their low estate.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5005/.
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