Religion
John 12:8: The poor always ye have with you
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Religion
We bless Thee Saviour for the grace
Which left Thy deputies behind:
The poor on earth supply Thy place
That man may still to God be kind:
Our alms expecting to receive
The Head we in the members see;
And what to them we do or give,
We give, or do it, Lord to Thee.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 12:8: The poor always ye have with you.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5827/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 12:8: The poor always ye have with you.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5827/.
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