Religion

Luke 12:51: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Peace with the world and peace with God
We never can at once maintain;
And Christ redeems us with His blood
From friendships and connections vain,
He breaks us off from man, to join
Our souls to Him in love Divine.

Spirit of unity, come down,
Thy people from the world to part
That knit to God in Christ alone
With all our mind and all our heart,
Perfect in one Thy church may know
Why the great God appear'd below.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 12:51: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5240/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 12:51: Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5240/.

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