Lord, that I may learn of thee

Lord, that I may learn of Thee. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788). From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (Bristol, 1762), on Isaiah 28.9: Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. It had four 4-line stanzas, in Charles Wesley’s favourite 77.77 metre, which well suits the theme of simplicity. That simplicity, however, is part of the debate between reason and faith that was current in the early 18th century: Wesley’s ‘Lay my reasonings at thy feet’ (stanza 2 line 4) is a contribution to that debate from an unexpected angle: Lord, that I may learn of thee,Give me true...

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