Religion
John 13:21: Troubled at heart and grieved within
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)
Troubled at heart and grieved within
The Lord of all vouchsafes to be,
He mourns His own disciple's sin,
His own disciple's perfidy,
And feels with voluntary pain
The misery of ungrateful man.
Pastors and priests to avarice sold
Who Jesus and His truth betray,
Basely intrude into the fold
To make immortal souls their prey.
They to the fiend admittance give
And still the soul of Jesus grieve.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 13:21: Troubled at heart and grieved within.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5875/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 13:21: Troubled at heart and grieved within.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5875/.
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