Religion
Revelation 22:17: Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely
From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 13 (1872)
r A FOUNTAIN of life and of grace
In Christ our Redeemer we see;
For us who His offers embrace,
For all it is open and free!
Jehovah Himself doth invite
To drink of His pleasures unknown,
The streams of immortal delight,
That flow from His heavenly throne.
As soon as in Him we believe,
By faith of His Spirit we take,
And freely forgiven, receive
The mercy for Jesus's sake;
We gain a pure drop of His love,
The life of eternity know,
Angelical happiness prove,
And witness a heaven below.
THE promise is free,
And accomplish'd shall be
In all that are thirsty and willing like me.
Made willing I am,
And, O Father, I claim
The water of life in my Advocate's name.
Obliged to impart
The Blessing Thou art,
And to open a Fountain of life in my heart:
Now let me receive
What Thou longest to give,
And in Jesus's Spirit eternally live.
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MLA
Wesley, Charles. “Revelation 22:17: Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7172/.
Chicago
Wesley, Charles. “Revelation 22:17: Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/7172/.
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