Religion

John 4:21: They let them go, finding nothing how they, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Their hate they can no further show.
Constrain'd to let the preachers go,
Though thirsting for their blood:
What power obstructs the fierce career
Of men, who God disdain to fear?
The)- fear the multitude.

Elders, ami priests, and rulers rage,
Against the Lord their powers engage;
His work the people own,
His truth and ministers embrace,
And glorify the God of grace
For all which He hath done.

The people praise a pardoning God,
His miracles of healing show'd
On young and old confess;
They see His hand with joyful eyes,
And heal'd themselves through Jesus rise
A cloud of witnesses!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 4:21: They let them go, finding nothing how they, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6223/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 4:21: They let them go, finding nothing how they, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6223/.

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