Religion
John 4:31: His disciples prayed Him, saying. Master, eat
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Jksus keeps the soul in view
His converted messenger,
Doth in mind and heart pursue,
Fills with zeal and acts in her,
Acts on those to whom He sends,
Those He for His Father seeks;
Still upon her tongue attends,
Blesses every word she speaks.
Souls to Avin is Jesu's meat;
Jesus thus instructs His own
Nature's cravings to forget,
Living not by bread alone:
Preachers by the gospel live,
Feed on that themselves dispense,
Strength and nourishment receive,
More than life derive from thence.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 4:31: His disciples prayed Him, saying. Master, eat.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5533/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 4:31: His disciples prayed Him, saying. Master, eat.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5533/.
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