Epistle to Whitefield (1771) (Stanza 8)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-stanza |
| Year | 1771 |
| Passage ID | cw-duke-epistle-to-whitefield-1771-stanza-08 |
| Words | 71 |
| Source | https://divinity.duke.edu/initiatives/wesleyan-methodist/... |
On earth suspicious of electing love, Or you, o'erwhelm'd with honourable shame, To shout the universal Saviour's name, It matters not; if, all our conflicts past, Before the great white throne we meet at last: Our only care, while sojourning below, Our real faith by real love to show: To blast the aliens' hope, and let them see How friends of jarring sentiments agree: Not in a party's narrow banks confin'd,