Religion

John 2: Not the desires of men to please

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Not the desires of men to please
Thou dost Thy first of wonders show.
But sent from heaven our earth to bless,
Jehovah manifest below,
Thou dost Thy peerless power display,
And faith's eternal basis lay.
This demonstration of Thy grace.
This proof of Thy Divinity,
Saviour, in every age and place
Convinced Thy true disciples see,
Built on the rock that cannot move,
The truth of Thine almighty love.

Who changes water into wine
Can sinners into saints convert:
Thy grace omnipotent, Divine,
I trust to make me as Thou art,
To form my heart averse from sin,
And bid mine inmost soul be clean.

The virtue of Thy perfect love
This soul shall to the utmost save.
And when my hidden Life above
Appears, my Ransom from the grave,
This body vile shall mount Thy throne.
And shine immortal as Thine own.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 2: Not the desires of men to please.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5483/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 2: Not the desires of men to please.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5483/.

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