Religion

Acts 4: No, there is no other name

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

No, there is no other name,
Feelingly convinced I am;
Unredeemed to Jesus cry,
Help, or unredeem'd I die.

Sole Deliverer of Thine own,
Help is laid on Thee alone:
Thine the power to pardon sin,
Thine to bid my heart be clean.

Virtue still proceeds from Thee,
Vital grace, and purity;
Thou the open Fountain art,
Wash with blood my filthy heart.

Hear a desperate sinner pray,
Tear me from myself away:
Do what only Thou canst do,
Make my heart entirely new.

Save me that I may proclaim
All the wonders of Thy name;
Live by deeds to testify
Jesus is the Lord Most-High.

Jesus is my light within,
Rooting out the seeds of sin,
Is salvation from above,
Peace, and power, and perfect love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 4: No, there is no other name.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6214/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 4: No, there is no other name.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6214/.

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