Religion
John 12:38: The messengers rejected
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
The messengers rejected
May cry in every nation
How few embrace
The word of grace,
The gospel of salvation!
Not all His outward wonders
Can force us to believe Him,
Till Jesus' love
The veil remove;
And then our hearts receive Him.
The arm of the Almighty
We plainly then discover,
And Christ the Power
Of God adore.
Our souls' eternal Lover;
Who manifests the Father,
Restores us to His favour,
To end our sin
His mind brings in
And lives in man for ever.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “John 12:38: The messengers rejected.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5849/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 12:38: The messengers rejected.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5849/.
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