Religion
Luke 8: Souls from Jesus separated
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Souls from Jesus separated
No spark of life retain,
Dead, emphatically dead,
Till Christ come back again:
Lord, Thou know'st for whom I mourn,
Whom dead to God I still deplore.
In Thy quickening Spirit return,
And never leave him more.
I Lord our life of faith and prayer
Will languish soon and die,
If Thou dost not still repair,
And with fresh grace supply;
That we still in Thee may live,
Be Thou Thyself our daily Bread,
Every hour Thy Spirit give.
Arid every moment feed.
Keep us to that solemn hour
When Thou the Judge shalt come;
Then through Thine almighty power
We triumph o'er the tomb.
In the twinkling of an eye
Caught up, on eagles' wings we soar.
Swiftly to Thy bosom Hy,
And meet to part no more.
Then we eat before Thy throne
The' immortalizing Food,
Glorious joy till then unknown
In the full sight of God,
Drink the new celestial wine,
Banquet with all the saints above,
Satisfied with Truth Divine,
And pure eternal Love.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 8: Souls from Jesus separated.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5157/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 8: Souls from Jesus separated.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5157/.
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