University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

expand sectionI. 
VOLUME I.
expand sectionII. 
VOLUME II.
expand sectionIII. 
VOLUME III.
expand sectionIV. 
VOLUME IV.
collapse sectionV. 
VOLUME V.
collapse section 
[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]
collapse sectionII. 
PART II.
expand section 
[HYMNS FOR BELIEVERS.]
expand section 
[FOR ONE THAT IS SICK, BEFORE USING THE MEANS OF RECOVERY]
expand section 
[FOR ONE IN PAIN]
expand section 
[FOR ONE IN A DECLINING STATE OF HEALTH]
expand section 
[FOR A SICK FRIEND]
expand section 
[AFTER A RECOVERY]
 CLXIX. 
CLXIX. FOR A SICK CHILD.
expand section 
[ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD]
 CLXXII. 
CLXXII. OBLATION OF A SICK CHILD.
 CLXXIII. 
CLXXIII. A MOTHER'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE DEATH OF HER CHILD.
 CLXXIV. 
CLXXIV. EPITAPH.
 CLXXV. 
CLXXV. EPITAPH ON MRS. SUSANNA WESLEY.
 CLXXVI. 
CLXXVI. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH WITHAM.
collapse section 
[FOR A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL]
expand section 
MOSES'S WISH.—Exodus xxxiii. 12 to xxxiv. 9.
 CLXXXII. 
CLXXXII. THE SAME.
 CLXXXIII. 
CLXXXIII. THE SAME.
 CLXXXIV. 
CLXXXIV. THE SAME.
 CLXXXV. 
CLXXXV. THE SAME.
 CLXXXVI. 
CLXXXVI. THE SAME. FOR A LAY PREACHER.
 CLXXXVII. 
CLXXXVII. THE SAME.
 CLXXXVIII. 
CLXXXVIII. THE SAME.
 CLXXXIX. 
CLXXXIX. FOR A MINISTER AT HIS COMING TO A PLACE.
 CXC. 
CXC. FOR THE SAME, AT HIS DEPARTURE.
 CXCI. 
CXCI. FOR A MINISTER, GOING FORTH TO PREACH.
 CXCII. 
CXCII. WRITTEN AFTER A DELIVERANCE.
 CXCIII. 
CXCIII. ANOTHER.
 CXCIV. 
CXCIV. AFTER PREACHING (IN A CHURCH).
 CXCV. 
CXCV. AFTER PREACHING TO THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS.
expand section 
[AFTER PREACHING TO THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS]
 CC. 
CC. BEFORE PREACHING TO THE COLLIERS IN LEICESTERSHIRE.
 CCI. 
CCI. WRITTEN BEFORE PREACHING AT PORTLAND.
expand section 
[BEFORE PREACHING IN CORNWALL]
expand section 
[AFTER PREACHING]
 CCVI. 
CCVI. FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN TO BE AWAKENED.
 CCVII. 
CCVII. NAOMI AND RUTH.
 CCVIII. 
CCVIII. WRITTEN AT THE LAND'S END.
 CCIX. 
CCIX. FOR A PERSON CALLED FORTH TO BEAR HIS TESTIMONY.
expand sectionII. 
HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
expand sectionVI. 
VOLUME VI.
expand sectionVII. 
VOLUME VII.
expand sectionVIII. 
VOLUME VIII.
expand sectionIX. 
VOLUME IX.
expand sectionX. 
VOLUME X.
expand sectionXI. 
VOLUME XI.
expand sectionXII. 
VOLUME XII.
expand sectionXIII. 
VOLUME XIII.

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous section The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley
next section

3352.

[I want that wisdom from above]

The wisdom that is from above is first pure, &c. —iii. 17.

I want that wisdom from above,
From earthly, devilish mixtures pure,
That faith Divine producing love,
And peace which speaks my pardon sure;
That knowledge of the Crucified,
Which bids my sins and sorrows cease,
And witnesses His blood applied
In perfect purity and peace.
With true celestial wisdom fill'd,
Soft, yielding, meek, my soul shall be;
(Not rigid, sour, morose, self-will'd;)
And mild as docile infancy,
Easy to be convinced, and led
By reason's and religion's sway,
No importunity I need,
But man for Jesu's sake obey.
Mercy from God and heavenly grace
Shall then erect its throne within,
And all the fruits of righteousness
Throughout my spotless life be seen;
To every soul my bowels move,
Within no party banks confined,
174

My open, frank, and generous love
O'erflows alike to all mankind.
previous section The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley
next section