Religion
John 19:15: But they cried out, Away with Him, &c
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
Who yield their hearts the sordid throne
Of pride or base desire,
Jesus they for their King disown,
And still His death require:
Away with Him! they will not have
This Man of woe to reign,
They will not suffer Him to save,
But crucify again.
Ccesar their only king they know,
The power invisible
The kingdom of Thy grace below
Lord, they refuse to feel:
The throne they might with Thee divide.
The Holy Ghost receive,
But will not suffer at Thy side,
And in Thy glory live.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 19:15: But they cried out, Away with Him, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6057/.
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Wesley, Charles. “John 19:15: But they cried out, Away with Him, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6057/.
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