Religion

Hebrews 2: No more than it can heaven procure

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

No more than it can heaven procure:
But He, who brought this fire within,
By patience makes my nature pure,
But He, who with the suffering comes,
My dross in His own way consumes.

His love into the furnace cast,
His love attends and keeps me here,
That coming forth as gold at last,
Stamp'd with His name and character,
And perfected through sufferings I
May spotless to His bosom fly.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 2: No more than it can heaven procure.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6986/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 2: No more than it can heaven procure.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/6986/.

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