Religion

Acts 7:22: Learning secular, profane

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Learning secular, profane,
To use if God intends.
Pestilent no more, or vain,
It serves the noblest ends;
Wrests the weapons from their hands
Who learnedly the truth oppose,
Puts to flight the' Egyptian bands,
And quells the church's foes.
Lord, the figure we look through,
The truth substantial see,
All the stores of wisdom true
Are treasured up in Thee:
Powerful all Thy doctrines are,
Thy Spirit speaks in every word,
All Thy works the hand declare
Of an Almighty Lord.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:22: Learning secular, profane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6281/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:22: Learning secular, profane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6281/.

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