Religion

Luke 5:25: Immediately he rose up before them

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

I Rise obedient to Thy word.
Take up the bed on which I lay,
The tokens of my sin abhorr'd,
The relics I remove away,
Retreat, the worldly throng exclude.
And seek my God in solitude.

Saviour for this alone I live.
To magnify Thy healing love,
And while to Thee I glory give,
I hasten to my house above,
A house not made with human hands.
Which in the heavenly country stands.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 5:25: Immediately he rose up before them.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5090/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 5:25: Immediately he rose up before them.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5090/.

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