Wesley Corpus

We all the truth shall know, Who in his word abide, Be freed from sin below, And wholly sanctified; We all his witnesses shall be, The truth, the truth shall make us free. Shall make us free indeed From every spot of sin, Our pure and sinless head Shall bring his nature in, We all his witnesses shall be, The truth, the truth shall make us free. The things he hath prepar'd For us, in sight of men, Their ear hath never heard, Their eye hath never seen, Nor can their carnal heart conceive How gloriously we soon shall live. Poor abject slaves of sin They madly hug their chains, They will not be made clean125 From sin's belov'd remains; But we thy saying, Lord, receive, And trust a sinless126 life to live. Who for thy coming wait, And hang upon thy word, To our unsinning state We shall be here restor'd, Thou shalt the second time appear, And then we all are perfect here. Hymns for Christian Friends. Hymn LIII.127 Jesu, soft harmonious name, Every faithful heart's desire, 125Ori., "be made be clean"; corrected in 2nd edn. (1756). 126John Wesley substituted "spotless" for "sinless" in manuscript in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). 127A manuscript precursor of this hymn appears in MS Thirty, 82-83. Page 330 See thy followers, O Lamb, All at once to thee aspire; Drawn by thy uniting grace, After thee we swiftly run, Hand in hand we seek thy face, Come, and perfect us in one. Mollify our harsher will, Each to each our tempers suit By thy modulating skill, Heart to heart, as lute to lute: Sweetly on our spirits move, Gently touch the trembling strings, Make the harmony of love, Music for the King of kings. See the souls that hang on thee, Sever'd though in flesh we are, Join'd in spirit all agree, All thy only love declare; Spread thy love to all around: Hark, we now our voices raise, Joyful consentaneous sound, Sweetest symphony of praise! Jesu's praise is all our song; While we Jesu's praise repeat, Glide our happy days along,128 Glide with down upon their feet: Far from sorrow, sin, and fear, 'Till we take our seats above, Live we all as angels here, Only sing, and praise, and love. Hymns for Christian Friends. Hymn LIV.