Religion

Acts 21:36: The multitude...followed after, crying, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Away with him from earth, they cry,
The wretch too vile on earth to live!
Away with him, the death to die!
The world can grant him no reprieve,
(Of whom the world unworthy was,)
Stone, burn, or nail him to a cro

Such honour all the people gain
Who Thee our Lord and Pattern own.
Condemn'd by fierce unrighteous men.
With clamour violently borne down,
Our life we carry in our hand,
And yield it up at Thy command.

But ami us for that fiery hour,
Our Saviour God for ever near,
Clothe with the Spirit of Thy power
And threatening man we scorn to fear,
Who cannot slay or ill entreat,
Or touch us, till Thy love permit.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 21:36: The multitude...followed after, crying, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6643/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 21:36: The multitude...followed after, crying, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6643/.

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