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Acts 19: Christians make the same reply
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 12 (1872)
Christians make the same reply
Or a worse answer give;
Some audaciously deny
That Him ye can receive.
"Ask; but God will not bestow
The Holy Ghost with you to dwell;
Only fools and madmen know
Or now the Spirit feel."
Most are ignorant that God
Doth still His Spirit impart,
Sheds Him with His love abroad
In every faithful heart;
By the blood of Jesus bought,
The Principle of righteous deeds,
Every holy word and thought
From Him alone proceeds.
Few alas! the need confess
Of His converting power,
Know that God we cannot please,.
Or without Him adore;
Cannot seek the things Divine,
Till He the hindrances remove,
Secretly our hearts incline
To pray, repent, and love.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 19: Christians make the same reply.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6574/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Acts 19: Christians make the same reply.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6574/.
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