Religion
James 4:19: We love Him, because He first loved us
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)
I cannot doubt Thy love for me:
Thy love for me doth now constrain
My heart to seek a power from Thee
To love my gracious Lord again:
Thou wilt, for Thine own mercy sake,
To me the power of faith impart,
I then the just return shall make,
And give Thee all my loving heart.
THE' effect must from the cause proceed,
And Thy dear genuine children prove
In truth, reality, and deed,
Obedience is but actual love.
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Wesley, Charles. “James 4:19: We love Him, because He first loved us.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7120/.
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Wesley, Charles. “James 4:19: We love Him, because He first loved us.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7120/.
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