Religion
Philemon: Receive him, that is, mine own bowels
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)
Religion
Who can a pastor's heart express,
The' unutterable tenderness,
Beyond what fondest mothers prove,
The yearning pangs of softest love?
He only comprehends, who knows
Whence every grace and blessing flows,
Who feels, but never can explain,
The bowels of the Son of man.
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Wesley, Charles. “Philemon: Receive him, that is, mine own bowels.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6978/.
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Wesley, Charles. “Philemon: Receive him, that is, mine own bowels.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6978/.
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