Religion
Acts 7:48: Who can compass or contain
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
Who can compass or contain
The glorious Infinite?
Ask that heaven-descended Man
In whom He takes delight;
Only one immortal Shrine
Jehovah's self is pleased to own
Worthy of the Sire Divine —;
The body of His Son!
One the body mystical
Is with its heavenly Head,
Therefore God vouchsafes to dwell
In all the faithful seed;
In the hearts of men to' abide,
When throughly cleansed by Jesu's blood,
By the Spirit sanctified
And all resign'd to God.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:48: Who can compass or contain.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6300/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 7:48: Who can compass or contain.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6300/.
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