Religion

Revelation 3:10: Fatn would I, Lord, the word receive

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

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

Religion

Fatn would I, Lord, the word receive
Which Thou didst to Thy followers give,
Would suffer in Thy righteous cause,
Daily take up Thy welcome cross,
Thy sorrow and reproach sustain,
And crucified with Thee remain.

Then shall the word on me take place,
The promise of preserving grace,
If still I in the body stay,
To see Thy great vindictive day,
When earth is by Thy fire devour'd,
And all Thy wrath on sinners pour'd.

Whoe'er the patient word retain,
And to that dreadful day remain,
Thy faithful love shall them conceal,
While all the world Thy judgments feel,
And Thy last plagues to sinners cry,
"Repent, or now—for ever die!"

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Revelation 3:10: Fatn would I, Lord, the word receive.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7147/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Revelation 3:10: Fatn would I, Lord, the word receive.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7147/.

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