Religion

Acts 24:11, 12: I "vent up to Jerusalem for to worship, &c

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Who after Paul and Jesus tread,
We duly to the temple go,
Thither by His own Spirit led,
We our unfeign'd devotion show;
The house we honour, not profane,
Our solemn prayers and vows repeat,
Communion with the saints maintain,
And then the King of saints we meet.

Our foes, the superstitious crowd,
Who to the brick and mortar cleave,
The church, the church, who roar so loud,
To us both house and altar leave:
They seldom come, or not at all,
The prayers neglect, and slight the word,
Yet us the Separatists they call,
Themselves the temple of the Lord!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 24:11, 12: I "vent up to Jerusalem for to worship, &c.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6685/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Acts 24:11, 12: I "vent up to Jerusalem for to worship, &c.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6685/.

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