Religion
Luke 9:47: Jesus...took a child, and set him by Him
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
The little child, the twice-born man,
Thou, Lord, wilt to Thyself receive,
Who humbly doth his soul refrain.
No glory to the creature give.
None to himself assume, or claim
Among the saints an honour'd name.
O could I gain my calling's height
Reduced to second infancy,
Smallest of all in my own sight.
Caught to Thy arms and hid in Thee,
Hid from the world, unmark'd, unknown.
Till seen the partner of Thy throne.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 9:47: Jesus...took a child, and set him by Him.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5181/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Luke 9:47: Jesus...took a child, and set him by Him.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5181/.
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