Religion
Luke 9:23: Jesus spake the word to all
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Jesus spake the word to all,
All in every time and place;
Rich and poor, and great and small.
Every child of Adam's race,
Would ye His disciples be?
Follow Christ to Calvary.
Not a single soul excused,
Not a day exempted is:
Heaven is with the cross refused,
Glorious everlasting bliss:
Who the Saviour's burden shun
Down to endless ruin run.
You who revel every day.
Every day in pleasures live,
Will not Jesus' word obey,
Will not Jesus' yoke receive,
With your own desires comply
Dead in sin for ever die.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 9:23: Jesus spake the word to all.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5166/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 9:23: Jesus spake the word to all.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5166/.
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