Wesley Corpus

Love divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven to earth come down, Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown: Jesu, thou art all compassion, Pure unbounded love thou art, Visit us with thy salvation, Enter every trembling heart. Come, Almighty to deliver, Let us all thy life receive, Suddenly return, and never, Never more thy temples leave, Thee we would be always blessing, Serve thee as thy hosts above, Pray, and praise thee, without ceasing, Glory in thy perfect love. Finish then thy new creation, Pure and sinless let us be, Let us see thy great salvation, Perfectly restor'd in thee: Chang'd from glory into glory, 'Till in heaven we take our place, 'Till we cast our crowns before thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise! 94First appeared in Redemption Hymns (1747), 11-12; stanzas 1, 3-4. Page 69 Hymn LXVIII.95 God of love, that hear'st the prayer, Kindly for thy people care, Who on thee alone depend, Save us, save us to the end! Save us in the prosperous hour From the flatt'ring tempter's power, From his unsuspected wiles, From the world's pernicious smiles. Cut off our dependance vain On the help of feeble man, Every arm of flesh remove, Stay us on thy only love. Let us still afflicted be, Shelter'd in thy poverty, Cover'd with thy sacred shame, Kept by thine almighty name. Men of worldly low design, Let not these thy people join, Dare thy hallow'd ark sustain, Touch it with their hands prophane. Saviour, compass us about, Keep the rich and noble out, 'Till their all in heart they sell, 'Till the worms their baseness feel. Men of dignity and power, Let not them thy flock devour, Poison our simplicity, Drag us from our trust in thee. Save us from the great and wise, 'Till they sink in their own eyes, 'Till they to thy yoke submit, Lay their honour at thy feet. 95First appeared in Redemption Hymns (1747), 19-21. Page 70 Never let the world break in, Fix a mighty gulph between, Keep us humble and unknown, Priz'd and lov'd by God alone. Let us still to thee look up, Thee thy Israel's strength and hope, Nothing know or seek beside Jesus, and him crucified.