"But Thou canst wash the leper clean, / The stone to flesh convert, / Canst make the Ethiop change his skin, / And purify my heart ."
— Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)
Author
Work Title
Date
1742
Metaphor
"But Thou canst wash the leper clean, / The stone to flesh convert, / Canst make the Ethiop change his skin, / And purify my heart ."
Metaphor in Context
Sin, only sin, in me I find;
I cannot subject be
To Thy command; my carnal mind
Is enmity to Thee.
But Thou canst wash the leper clean,
The stone to flesh convert,
Canst make the Ethiop change his skin,
And purify my heart .
Then only, when by grace renew'd,
My will with Thine shall suit:
O make the tree of nature good,
And good shall be its fruit.
I cannot subject be
To Thy command; my carnal mind
Is enmity to Thee.
But Thou canst wash the leper clean,
The stone to flesh convert,
Canst make the Ethiop change his skin,
And purify my heart .
Then only, when by grace renew'd,
My will with Thine shall suit:
O make the tree of nature good,
And good shall be its fruit.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "heart" and "skin" in HDIS (Poetry)
Citation
Wesley, John and Wesley, Charles. The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley. Ed. G. Osborn. Vol. II. London: R. Needham, 1869.
Theme
Race
Date of Entry
12/18/2006
