Religion

Acts 17:16: He saw the city wholly given to idolatry

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Where can we now a city see
Not given to idolatry?
Altars the world to idols raise,
To Pleasure, Power, and Wealth, and Praise;
Whate'er they fear, desire, esteem
Is a false deity to them:
But few the' almighty Jesus own,
The God supreme, — the God unknown!

A zealous servant of the Lord
Will surely feel his spirit stirr'd,
With zeal and just abhorrence moved
To see the creature served and loved:
Set up in their Creator's place
By a poor blind apostate race,
By all the superstitious crowd
Who self and pride prefer to God.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 17:16: He saw the city wholly given to idolatry.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6530/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 17:16: He saw the city wholly given to idolatry.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6530/.

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