Religion

John 15:22: Hadst Thou not come to A'danis race

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Hadst Thou not come to A'danis race,
And call'd them all to turn and live,
Offer'd Thy true sufficient grace
With power the pardon to receive.
They might have charged their death on Thee.
As reprobate by Thy decree.

But who Thy heavenly doctrine hear.
And view the wonders of Thy power.
Vet will not their Creator fear,
Or Thee their Saviour-God adore.
They must their wilful folly own,
I udone; but by themselves undone.

No colour for their sin they ha.
Their stubborn infidelity:
Thou didst declare Thy will to save,
They will not Thy salvation see.
But from Thine arms of mercy fly,
And die, because resolved to die.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 15:22: Hadst Thou not come to A'danis race.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5950/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 15:22: Hadst Thou not come to A'danis race.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5950/.

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