Religion

Luke 6:37: Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Forgive my foes? it cannot be:
My foes with cordial love embrace?
Fast bound in sin and misery,
Unsaved, unchanged by hallowing grace,
Throughout my fallen soul I feel
A 'ith man this is impossible.

Great Searcher of the mazy heart,
A thought from Thee I would not hide,
I cannot draw the' envenom'd dart.
Or quench this hell of wrath and pride,
Jesus, till I Thy Spirit receive.
Thou know'st, I never can forgive.

Come, Lord, and tame the tiger's force.
Arrest the whirlwind in my will.
Turn back the torrent's rapid course.
And bid the headlong sun stand still.
The rock dissolve, the mountain move.
And melt my hatred into love.

Root out the wrath Thou dost restrain;
And when I have my Saviour's mind,
I cannot render pain for pain,
I cannot speak a word unkind,
An angry thought I cannot know.
Or count mine injurer my foe.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 6:37: Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5108/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 6:37: Forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5108/.

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