Religion

Acts 7:34: Almighty Redeemer of men

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Almighty Redeemer of men,
All pity and love as Thou art,
Thou hear'st the expressions of pain,
The groans of a sorrowful heart:
The sorrow Thou seest in my breast,
The daily affliction I feel
By guilt above measure oppress'd,
And bruised by the tyrant of hell.

Enslaved to the world I have been,
And struggle in vain to get free;
Detain'd in the furnace of sin,
No end of oppression I see:
My burden of trouble and grief
Thou know'st, I no longer can bear;
Come down to a sinner's relief,
And ransom a soul from despair.

Thy Spirit of faith from above
He only has power to release,
The yoke and the scourge to remove,
And bring me the freedom and peace;
Come Lord, to a prisoner of hope,
Appear as a crucified God,
And out of my sins I go up,
And pardon I have in Thy blood.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:34: Almighty Redeemer of men.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6292/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:34: Almighty Redeemer of men.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6292/.

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