Religion

John 5:16: There came also a multitude out of the cities, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

When the gospel of grace
Is proclaim'd in our days
From all places around
What a multitude flock to the life-giving sound!
To the church they repair;
For Jesus is there
In His virtue to heal,
And ready His love in their hearts to reveal.

The desperate crowd
With infirmities bow'd,
Sick of every sin,
Vnd vex'd with a legion of spirits unclean,
The Physician attend,
And His goodness commend,
Who His patients relieves
And a pardon to all the incurable gives.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 5:16: There came also a multitude out of the cities, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6237/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 5:16: There came also a multitude out of the cities, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6237/.

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