Wesley Corpus

Let me from this moment give My fond complainings o'er, Unto thee the matter leave, And teach my God no more; When, and as thou wilt comply, But grant, O grant me my request: Abba Father, c. Perfect what thou hast begun, And love me to the end, Send, because I am thy son, To me thy Spirit send; On the promise I rely, Thy manner, and thy time is best: Abba Father, hear me cry, And lull my soul to rest. An Hymn for Condemn'd Malefactors.99 "O let the sorrowful sighing of the prisoners come before thee: according to the greatness of thy power, preserve thou those that are appointed to die." Psalm LXXIX. 11. O thou that hangedst on the tree Our curse and sufferings to remove, Pity the souls that look to thee, And save us by thy dying love. 99This was almost certainly published previously as Hymn for Condemned Prisoners (London: Strahan, 1742). A manuscript precursor appears in MS Clarke, 87-89. Page 177 Outcasts of men, to thee we fly, To thee who wilt the worst receive, Forgive, and make us fit to die; Alas! We are not fit to live. We own our punishment is just, We suffer for our evil here, But in thy sufferings, Lord, we trust, Thine, only thine our souls can clear. We have no outward righteousness, No merits, or good works to plead; We only can be sav'd by grace; Thy grace will here be free indeed. Save us by grace thro' faith alone, A faith thou must thyself impart, A faith that would by works be shewn, A faith that purifies the heart. A faith that doth the mountains move, A faith that shews our sins forgiven, A faith that sweetly works by love, And ascertains our claim to heaven. This is the faith we humbly seek, The faith in thine all-cleansing blood; That blood which doth for sinners plead O let it speak us up to God! Canst thou reject our dying prayer, Or cast us out who come to thee? Our sins ah! Wherefore didst thou bear! Jesu, remember Calvary! Numbred with the transgressors thou, Between the felons crucified, Speak to our hearts, and tell us now Wherefore hast thou for sinners died! Page 178