Religion

Luke 24: The Scriptures all with Christ are fiU'd

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The Scriptures all with Christ are fiU'd,
With Jesus, and His will to save.
His birth and death are there reveal'd,
His rise and triumph o'er the grave.
His kingdom come in gracious power,
His reign when time shall be no more.

Jesus, Divine Interpreter,
To me Thine oracles unseal,
Then shall I find and taste Thee there,
Thy truth, and power, and mercy feel,
And nothing know, and nothing see
In all the book of God but Thee.

To me that Spirit of wisdom give
Who doth in all Thy members breathe,
Thy sinless life I then shall live.
And daily die Thy blessed death,
Fix'd in my heart Thy kingdom own,
And rise to Thine eternal throne.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 24: The Scriptures all with Christ are fiU'd.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5431/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Luke 24: The Scriptures all with Christ are fiU'd.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5431/.

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