Loading…

The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Volume 1 is unavailable, but you can change that!

The poetical publications of John and Charles Wesley originally appeared at various intervals during a span of fifty-three years. G. Osborn has collected, arranged, and provided notes for all of these important poems and hymns. Many of these works, especially those of Charles Wesley’s (whose work makes up the bulk of this collection), were never before published or published anonymously. Charles...

[By S. Wesley, senior.] 1 BEHOLD the Saviour of mankind Nail’d to the shameful tree! How vast the love that Him inclined To bleed and die for thee! 2 Hark how He groans! while Nature shakes, And earth’s strong pillars bend! The Temple’s veil in sunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 3 ’Tis done! the precious ransom’s paid; “Receive my soul,” He cries: See where He bows His sacred head! He bows His head, and dies. 4 But soon He’ll break Death’s envious chain, And in full glory shine!
Buy this book at Logos.com