Religion
Acts 10:26: Shall a poor worm of grace be proud
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
Shall a poor worm of grace be proud,
Or man mistake himself for God,
Or sacrilegiously allow
That others at his shrine should bow,
His idolised perfections praise,
Or set him in his Maker's place?
With true humility inspired
A saint abhors to be admired;
He makes his blind adorers rise,
Abhors their impious sacrifice,
Their honours blasphemously vain,
And always feels " I am but man."
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 10:26: Shall a poor worm of grace be proud.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6366/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 10:26: Shall a poor worm of grace be proud.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6366/.
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