Religion

John 5: Because Thou sav'st us from our fall

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Because Thou sav'st us from our fall.
Thy foes against Thy life conspire.
Because Thou dost Thy Father call
Thy proper, own, eternal Sire:
Thou dost Thy Godhead testify
Thy power Divine on sinners prove.
An Equal of the Lord Most-High,
A Martyr both of truth and love.

Tis thus the world Thy love repays.
Which makes to dying sinners known
The truth that saves our ruin'd race,
Uplifting rebels to a throne;
And all who dare the truth defend
The treatment of their Lord receive,
And all who on their God depend
Are deem'd by men not fit to live.

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Wesley, Charles. “John 5: Because Thou sav'st us from our fall.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5557/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 5: Because Thou sav'st us from our fall.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5557/.

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