Hymns · 1762

Take this stumbling-block away

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Originally titled “They shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid.”—[Ezek.] xxxiv. 28. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 56.

Scripture connections

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Isaiah 26:3 Isaiah 57:14 Ezekiel 34:22 Ezekiel 34:28 Mark 9:24 Romans 14:13 Ephesians 5:2

Lyrics

Take this stumbling-block away, (Isa. 57:14, Rom. 14:13)
That we may safely dwell, (Ezek. 34:28)
Fall no more an helpless prey (Ezek. 34:28, Ezek. 34:22)
To sin, the world, and hell:
Sin and fear at once shall cease, (Ezek. 34:28)
If thou our unbelief remove, (Mark 9:24)
Then we live in perfect peace, (Isa. 26:3)
Who live in perfect love. (Eph. 5:2)