Religion

Acts 4:10: Rulers in church and state give ear

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Rulers in church and state give ear
And all the house of Israel, hear,
Hear His appointed witnesses,
And Christ the crucified confess;
Jesus the Lord, like us, receive,
Who lives and shall for ever live.

Author of immortality
By sin ye naiFd Him to the ti
But God hath raised again His Son,
And made His life on sinners known,
And souls diseased, and spirits lame,
Are daily heal'd through Jesus' name.

Ye see the wonders of His hand,
The men that in your presence stand!
One step towards heaven they could not go;
But now the power of faith they know;
They walk in Christ, their feet are sure,
And pardon brings their perfect cure.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 4:10: Rulers in church and state give ear.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6212/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 4:10: Rulers in church and state give ear.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6212/.

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