Religion

Luke 14:23: To the hedges and highways

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

To the hedges and highways
Even now Thy servant goes,
All the riches of Thy grace
To wandering sinners shows;
Seeks the vagabonds that fly
The most abandon'd slaves of sin,
Outcasts at the point to die,
And forces to come in.

Jesus bleeding on the tree,
Thy death their hearts compels.
Then they feel the joy in Thee
Which all delight excels.
Crowd into Thy house below,
Convinced Thy flesh is meat indeed
Thee their life eternal know.
And on Thy fulness feed.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 14:23: To the hedges and highways.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5266/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 14:23: To the hedges and highways.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5266/.

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