Religion

Luke 15:20: And he arose, and came to his father

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

I Will, I do arise,
And to my Father go,
My injured Father in the skies
To Thee my heart I show;
With late remorse confess
I have rebellious been,
My inward parts are wickedness.
And all my life is sin.

A sinner in Thy sight,
I have Thy justice dared.
And forfeited my filial right.
And earn'd the fiends' reward:
Yet do not lose Thine own;
Yet me for Jesus' sake,
(Unworthy to be call'd a son,)
Thy meanest servant make.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 15:20: And he arose, and came to his father.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5280/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 15:20: And he arose, and came to his father.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5280/.

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