Religion

John 10:2: A Pastor good in God's esteem

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

A Pastor good in God's esteem.
Who enters in by Christ the Door,
Inwardly call'd and moved by Him,
Obeys the Spirit's secret power.
And for his awful charge design'd
By Heaven, he casts the world behind.

He only at God's glory aims,
And lives to serve the Saviour's will;
The love of souls his heart inflames,
He tends the sheep with fervent zeal;
Himself to this one thing applies,
And gives his life in sacrifice.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 10:2: A Pastor good in God's esteem.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5757/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 10:2: A Pastor good in God's esteem.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5757/.

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