Religion

John 15:5: Without Me ye can do nothing

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)

Religion

Join'd no longer to the tree,
I nothing good can do,
broken off, O Christ, from Thee,
Can nothing ill eschew,
Sever'd now through unbelief
The double impotence I feel,
Overwhelm'd with sin and grief,
And sinking into hell.

Pity, Lord, Thy creature's pain
And challenging for Thine,
Graft me in on Thee again,
The true immortal Vine:
Graft me in to part no more
Till love's maturest fruit I bear,
Then I reach the heavenly shore,
And bloom eternal there.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 15:5: Without Me ye can do nothing.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5928/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 15:5: Without Me ye can do nothing.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5928/.

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