Wesley Corpus

Thou then, O God, thine hand lay to, And let me all the means look thro', And trust to thee alone, To thee alone for all things trust, And say, (let me be sav'd or lost)32 Thine only will be done. 32John Wesley suggests changing this line to "And say to this who savest that" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1755). Page 57 Desiring to Love. Hymn IV.33 O Jesu, let me kiss34 thy name! All sin alas! Thou knowst I am, But thou all pity art; Turn unto flesh my heart of stone, Such power belongs to thee alone, Turn into flesh my heart. A poor unloving wretch to thee For help against myself I flee; Thou only canst remove The hindrances out of thy way, And soften my unyielding clay, And mould it into love. O let thy Spirit shed abroad The love, the perfect love of God, In this cold heart of mine! O might he now descend, and rest, And dwell forever in my breast, And make me all divine. What shall I do my suit to gain? O Lamb of God, for sinners slain, I plead what thou hast done: Didst thou not die the death for me? Jesu, remember Calvary, And break this heart of stone. Take the dear purchase of thy blood, My friend, and advocate with God, My ransom and my peace, Surety, who all my debt hast paid, For all my sins atonement made, The Lord my righteousness. 33Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Shent, 128a-128b; and MS Thirty, 180-81. 34John Wesley substituted "bless" for "kiss" in manuscript in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1755). Page 58 Why didst thou leave thy throne above, But that the secret of thy love Might to my soul be known? Hast thou not giv'n thyself for me, That I might only live to thee, Might die to thee alone? Be it according to thy will, In me thy mystic love reveal, And all in earth and heaven Shall own that I their love outvie: There's none can love so much as I, None hath so much forgiven. Desiring to Love. Hymn V.35