Religion

John 6: Now can this Man give us His flesh to eat?

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The' unfathomable mystery!
Let others ask how can it be:
The' imperishable meat
AVhich Thou to all wouldst freely give,
With prostrate reverence we receive,
Thy sacred flesh we eat.

The Fountain of my life, and Head,
The Victim dying in my stead.
That I Thy life may know;
Thyself in various ways design'd
To quicken me and all mankind,
Thou dost on all bestow.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 6: Now can this Man give us His flesh to eat?” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5605/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 6: Now can this Man give us His flesh to eat?” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5605/.

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