Religion

Hebrews 10:22: Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Conscious of all that I-have done,
Of evils to the world unknown,
My punishment I feel.
Driven out from my Creator's face,
A vagrant Cazm, in every place
I carry my own hell.

Remembrance shakes her whip severe,
Her scorpion whip of guilty fear,
Of sad remorse and.shame.
But from myself I cannot fly,
Or find one drop of comfort nigh
To cool this scorching flame.

Jesus, my only Hope Thou art,

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 10:22: Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7017/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hebrews 10:22: Having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7017/.

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