Religion

Luke 9:47: Jesus...took a child, and set him by Him

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

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.

MLA

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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