Religion

Acts 6:1: And in those days... there arose a murmuring

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

See the first fatal step to part
Men of one soul, and of one heart!
Undue respect of man,
Pride imperceptibly steals in,
Begets the discontented sin,
And mars the perfect plan.

Where are humility and peace?
The root of envious bitterness
Pride, only pride could prove:
Envy unkind suspicion wakes,
Suspicion all the murmurs makes
And poisons social love.

Who can, O God, Thy counsels tell!
Thy judgments are unsearchable!
The pure and perfect way,
Religion undefiled and true
Scarcely appear'd to mortal view,
And vanish'd in a day!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 6:1: And in those days... there arose a murmuring.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6256/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 6:1: And in those days... there arose a murmuring.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6256/.

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