Religion

Acts 21:20: And they are all zealous of the law

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Happy the man through special grace
From old prejudging errors free,
Errors of birth, or sect, or place,
Habit, or nature's bigotry,
Which with a blind misguided zeal
The heart of true believers fill.

O might I none but Jesus know,
Baptized with pure celestial fire!
Saviour, Thy fervent mind bestow,
And bless me with Thine own desire,
That all Thy perfect law may prove
Of life, and liberty, and love.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 21:20: And they are all zealous of the law.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6636/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 21:20: And they are all zealous of the law.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6636/.

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