Cleansing of the Temple

Saviour, who dost with anger seeThe lusts which steal my heart from thee,The thieves out of thy temple chase,And plant thy Spirit in their place,And when my God inhabits there,My heart shall be thine house of prayer. —Charles Wesley, from Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) Christ Driving the Money-changers from the TempleContinue reading “Cleansing of the Temple”