Religion

Galatians 6:15: For names the Christian world contend

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)

Religion

For names the Christian world contend,
For modes and forms, in vain,
Who do not, Lord, on Thee depend,
Who are not born again:
Till Thou redeem us from our fall,
Till Thou Thy Spirit impart,
Baptized, or unbaptized, we all
Are Heathens still in heart.

To save my soul from endless woe
No outward things avail,
Unless Thy pardoning love I know
I sink unchanged to hell;
O might I feel the' atoning blood,
And call the Saviour mine,
Created after God, renew'd
In holiness Divine.

Now, Saviour, now the work begin
Of Thy creating grace,
Forgive, and make the sinner clean
From all unrighteousness;
Pronounce us perfected in love,
Completely sanctified,
And to our place prepared above
Receive Thy happy bride.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Galatians 6:15: For names the Christian world contend.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6900/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Galatians 6:15: For names the Christian world contend.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6900/.

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