Wesley Corpus

Nothing am I in thy sight, Nothing have I to plead, Unto dogs it is not right To cast the children's bread: Yet the dogs the crumbs may eat, That from their master's table fall, Let the fragments be my meat, Thy grace is free for all. Page 98 Give me, Lord, the victory, My heart's desire fulfil, Let it now be done to me According to my will, Give me living bread to eat, And say, in answer to my call, "Canaanite, thy faith is great, My grace is free for all." If thy grace for all is free, Thy call now let me hear, Shew this token upon me, And bring salvation near; Now the gracious word repeat, The word of healing to my soul, "Canaanite, thy faith is great, Thy faith hath made thee whole." The Pool of Bethesda. John v. 2, etc. Jesu, take my sins away, And make me know thy name, Thou art now, as yesterday, And evermore the same: Thou my true Bethesda be; I know within thy arms is room, All the world may unto thee, Their house of mercy, come. See the porches open wide! Thy mercy all may prove, All the world is justified By universal love. Halt, and wither'd when they lie, And sick, and impotent, and blind, Sinners may in thee espy The Saviour of mankind. Page 99 See me lying at the pool, And waiting for thy grace, O come down into my soul, Disclose thy angel-face, If to me thy bowels move, If now thou dost my sickness feel, Let the Spirit of thy love The helpless sinner heal. Sick of anger, pride, and lust, And unbelief I am, Yet in thee for health I trust In Jesu's sovereign name. Were I taken into thee, Could I but step into the pool, I from every malady Should be at once made whole. Persons thou dost not respect, Whoee'r for mercy call Thou in no wise wilt reject, Thy mercy is for all; Thou wouldst freely all restore, (Would all the gracious season find) Fill with goodness, love, and power, And with an healthful mind.