Religion
Acts 7:22: Learning secular, profane
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
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.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:22: Learning secular, profane.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6281/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:22: Learning secular, profane.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6281/.
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