Religion

Luke 16:26: Though now the good and evil meet

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Though now the good and evil meet,
Though here the goats and sheep, the wheat
And tares we mingled see;
The' irremeable gulf betwixt
The saved and damn'd will soon be fix'd
For all eternity.

No hope shall the tormented know
Of 'scaping from the pit of woe,
And passing to the skies,
No fear shall with the bless'd remain
Of ever forfeiting again
Their heavenly paradise!

My God, to which shall I belong?
Rejoice with saints, or groan among
The cursed despairing crowd?
For Jesus' sake a sinner clear.
And give mine inmost soul to hear
The answer of His blood.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 16:26: Though now the good and evil meet.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5298/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 16:26: Though now the good and evil meet.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5298/.

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