Religion

John 20:25: No, I never will believe

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

No, I never will believe
Unless my Lord I see,
Proofs infallible receive
That Jesus died for me;
Meet Him risen from the dead,
Thrust my hand into His side,
Mark the prints the nails have made,
And feel His blood applied.

Slow of heart, Thou know'st I am;
Mine unbelief reprove,
Call me, Saviour, by my name,
In manifested love,
Condescend to my request,
My dying Lord, my pardoning God,
Come in all Thy wounds confess'd,
And wash me in Thy blood.

Sin and doubt to chase away,
A drooping soul to cheer,
Now Thy hands and feet dijlay,
Divinely present here.
Show Thyself as crucified,
The' irrefragable tokens give,
Take into Thine open side,
And force me to believe.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 20:25: No, I never will believe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6101/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 20:25: No, I never will believe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6101/.

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