I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
I. |
II. |
III. |
IV. |
V. |
VI. |
VII. |
VIII. |
IX. |
X. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
XIV. |
XV. |
XVI. |
XVII. |
XVIII. |
XIX. |
XX. |
XXI. |
XXII. |
XXIII. |
XXIV. |
XXV. |
617. |
618. |
619. |
620. |
621. |
622. |
623. |
624. |
625. |
626. |
627. |
628. |
629. |
630. |
631. |
632. |
633. |
634. |
635. |
636. |
637. |
638. |
639. |
640. |
641. |
642. |
643. |
644. |
645. |
646. |
647. |
648. |
649. |
650. |
651. |
652. |
653. |
654. |
655. |
656. |
657. |
XXVI. |
XVII. |
XXVIII. |
XI. |
XII. |
XIII. |
CHAPTER XXIV. The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley | ||
601.
[The faith opposed by all mankind]
As the lightning cometh out of the east, &c.
—xxiv. 27.
The faith opposed by all mankind,
By all the powers of hell,
Did soon a ready passage find
And o'er the earth prevail:
Resistless, swift from east to west
The gospel-lightning flew,
The proselyted world confess'd
The joyful tidings true.
By all the powers of hell,
Did soon a ready passage find
And o'er the earth prevail:
Resistless, swift from east to west
The gospel-lightning flew,
The proselyted world confess'd
The joyful tidings true.
But Christ shall work at His return
A speedier work of grace,
While nations by His Spirit born
Their Lord at once embrace:
Heathens and Turks shall both receive
Whom God to both hath given,
And Jews themselves shall then believe
The glorious sign from heaven.
A speedier work of grace,
While nations by His Spirit born
Their Lord at once embrace:
374
Whom God to both hath given,
And Jews themselves shall then believe
The glorious sign from heaven.
CHAPTER XXIV. The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley | ||