Religion

John 5:4: ( hid who His creatures' love requires

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

( hid who His creatures' love requires,
Our only happiness desires,
He claims the whole and not a part,
Not half our goods but all our heart.
My heart, O God, is all Thy due,
Is always naked to Thy view;
And if I love not Thee alone,
J make the' impostor's doom my own.

Ananias hearing these words fell down, and, &c. v. 5.
Tremble thou hypocrite profane,
Who dost mankind deceive,
Though God His righteous wrath refrain
And let thy body live!
Even while it sins thy soul expires,
And soon sent down to hell
In unextinguishable fi
The second death shall feel.

2445. How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt, &°c.—i

M vrriage was by God design'd
That every happy two
Might in closest union join'd
Their heavenly Lord pursue;
Holier through each other prove,
And hand in hand with joy go on
To the highest feast of love,
The Lamb's eternal throne.
How do you, alas, profane
The solemn mystery,
You who worse than meet in vain.

And but in sin agree!
Join'd in every wicked deed
Ye thus your mutual ruin seal,
Hand in hand go on, and lead
Each other down to hell.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 5:4: ( hid who His creatures' love requires.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6230/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 5:4: ( hid who His creatures' love requires.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6230/.

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