Religion

Galatians 6:17: Wuar are those marks the' apostle bears

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Wuar are those marks the' apostle bears?
Sad, sacred grief alone declares,
Grief from the Man of sorrows took,
The nails, the thorns, the spear I feel,
The Saviour's grief unspeakable,
Which,.till my soul and body part,
Pierces my soul, and breaks my heart!

Henceforth let none attempt in vain,
To aggravate my mournful pain,
To heighten my extreme distress;
The greater swallows up the less.
Can I regret a creature loss,
Or mourn beneath a worldly cross,
Or feel another misery
When God conceals Himself from me?
3168. Ln whom we have redemption through His blood, &c.--1. 7.
Liserty in Christ we have,
Forgiveness through His blood,
Feel His present power to save,
By sin no more subdued:
When He wash'd us white as snow,
Clothed with righteousness and power,
Jesus loosed, and bade us go,
And yield to sin no more.

Jesus, suffering Son of God,
Thy nature is to save,
Let me pardon in Thy blood,
And with Thy Spirit have:
Full of mercy as Thou art,
Grant the pardon I implore,
Peace to keep my faithful heart,
And power to sin no more.
2. Liberty from my own sin,
Thou only canst bestow,
Make my guilty conscience clean,
And loose, and let me go.
If that blood Divine was shed
The general liberty to buy,
Come and make me free indeed,
Or bought by Thee, I die.
3. Longing in my gracious Lord,
Redemption to obtain,
If I perish unrestored
Thyself hast died in vain:
Saviour, now Thy purchase seize,
Thou hast laid my ransom down;
Now from all my sins release,
And seal me for Thine own.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Galatians 6:17: Wuar are those marks the' apostle bears.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6902/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Galatians 6:17: Wuar are those marks the' apostle bears.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6902/.

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