Religion

Acts 9:15: To bear My name before the Gentiles, and, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Forth against all the world he goes
Whom Christ vouchsafes to choose,
The Gentile ignorance to' oppose,
The stubbornness of fews;
War with the rich he dares proclaim.
On pride and grandeur fall,
And through the power of Jesu's name
He more than conquers all.

Master, if me Thou canst employ
Thy poorest messeng
Even I the tidings of great joy
Before the world declare;
The name which sure salvation brings
I live to testify
To Heathens, Pharisees, and kings,
And in the service die.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 9:15: To bear My name before the Gentiles, and, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6339/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 9:15: To bear My name before the Gentiles, and, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6339/.

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