Wesley Corpus

When all are sweetly join'd, (True followers of the Lamb, The same in heart and mind,) And think and speak the same, And all in love together dwell; The comfort is unspeakable. Where unity takes place, The joys of heaven we prove: This is the gospel-grace, The unction from above, The Spirit on all believers shed, Descending swift from Christ our head. Where unity is found, The sweet anointing grace Extends to all around, And overspreads58 the place; To every waiting soul it comes, And fills it with divine perfumes. Jesus, our great high-priest, For us the gift receiv'd, For us, and all the rest, Who have in him believ'd; Forth from our head the blessing goes, And all his seamless coat o'erflows. On all his chosen ones The pretious oil comes down; It runs, and as it runs, It ever will run on, 57This hymn omitted from 2nd edn. (1745) and following; moved to CPH (1743), 97-99. 58"Overspreads" changed to "consecrates" in CPH (1743). Page 175 Ev'n to his skirts the meanest name That longs to love the bleeding Lamb. From Aaron's beard it rolls (Those nearest to his face) To humble, trembling souls Who feebly sue for grace: I know the grace for all is free, For lo! It reaches now to me. Grace every morning new, And every night we feel The soft, refreshing dew, That falls from Hermon's hill; On Sion it doth sweetly fall, The grace of One descends on all. Ev'n now our Lord doth pour The blessing from above, A kindly, gracious shower Of heart-reviving love, The former and the latter rain, The love of God, and love of man. In him when brethren join, And follow after peace, The fellowship divine He promises to bless, His chiefest graces to bestow, Where two or three are met below. The riches of his grace In fellowship are given, To Sion's chosen race, The citizens of heaven; He fills them with his choicest store, He gives them life for evermore. Page 176 David and Goliath.59 1 Samuel xvii. Who is this gigantick foe, That proudly stalks along; Overlooks the croud below In brasen armour strong? Loudly of his strength he boasts, On his sword and spear relies, Meets the God of Israel's hosts, And all their force defies.