<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421603" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Exorcists</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Then the apostle wonders wrought,<br>And healed the sick, in Jesus' name;<br>The sons of Sceva vainly thought<br>That they had pow'r to do the fame. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">On one possessed they tried their art,<br>And naming Jesus preached by Paul,<br>They charged the spirit to depart<br>Expecting he'd obey their call. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The spirit answered, with a mock,<br>Jesus I know; and Paul I know;<br>I must have gone if Paul had spoke;<br>But who are ye that bid me go? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">With fury then the man he filled,<br>Who on the poor pretenders flew;<br>Naked and wounded, almost killed,<br>They fled in all the peoples' view. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jesus! that name, pronounced by faith,<br>Is full of wonder-working pow'r;<br>It conquers Satan, sin and death,<br>And cheers in trouble's darkest hour. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But they, who are not born again,<br>Know nothing of it but the sound;<br>They do but take his name in vain<br>When most their zeal and pains abound. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Satan their vain attempts derides,<br>Whether they talk, or pray, or preach;<br>Long as the love of sin abides,<br>His pow'r is safe beyond their reach. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">But you, believers, may rejoice,<br>Satan well knows your mighty Friend;<br>He trembles at your Saviour's voice,<br>And owns he cannot gain his end.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Newton">John Newton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421603" data-title="The Exorcists de John Newton" data-description="Then the apostle wonders wrought, And healed the sick, in Jesus' name; The sons of Sceva vainly thought That they had pow'r to do the fame. On one possessed they tried their art, And naming Jesus preached by Paul, They charged the spirit to depa..."></div> </div> </div>

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