Religion

Hebrews 10:11–13: The legal priests as servants stood

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

The legal priests as servants stood,
And brought their offerings day by day,
Faint shadows of that sacred blood
Which takes the general sin away,
That one sufficient sacrifice,
By Christ presented to the skies.

He offer'd up Himself entire,
And never need the death repeat
Justice can nothing more require;
The sacrifice is all complete:
And seated by His Father's side
He rests, for ever glorified.
The Son, at God's right hand He sits,
Expecting, in Divine repose,
Till earth to His command submits,
While trampling on His vanquish'd foes,
He mounts His great millennial throne,
And reigns o'er all His worlds alone!

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 10:11–13: The legal priests as servants stood.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7014/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 10:11–13: The legal priests as servants stood.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7014/.

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