Wesley Corpus

Page 7 19Line changed to "They ask the scourge to see" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 20"Number'd" changed to "numbred" in Invasion Hymns (1759). Who madly their destruction brave, And laugh at death and hell? They claim thy scourge from thee,19 They bid thy day make haste, But public ill, o'erul'd by thee, Shall turn to good at last. Part IV. Here then we calmly rest, Whate'er thy will intend, It must be for thy people best, It must in blessings end: To those that love the Lord, And feel thy sprinkled blood, Famine, and pestilence, and sword, Shall jointly work for good. Our lives are hid with thine, Our hairs are number'd20 all, Nor can without the nod divine One worthless sparrow fall: And shall a nation bleed, And shall a kingdom fail, While thou, O Christ, art Lord and Head O'er heaven and earth and hell! Beneath thy wings secure, In patience we possess Our souls, and quietly endure Whatever our God decrees: Yet still (we cry) delay The careless sinner's doom, Page 8 21"Their" changed to "Our" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 22"Cast down" changed to "o'erturn" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 23"Their" changed to "our" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 24"Them" changed to "us" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 25"Their" changed to "our" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 26"Them" changed to "us" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 27"Them" changed to "us" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 28"And" changed to "the" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 29"They" changed to "we" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 30"Their" changed to "Our" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 31"Their" changed to "Our" in Invasion Hymns (1759). 32"Them" changed to "us" in Invasion Hymns (1759). And, till the judgment comes, we pray That it may never come: May never come alone, But guided by thy grace Their21 vain self confidence cast down,22 And all their23 pride abase: Who will not see thy hand, Thy truth and love adore, Compel them,24 Lord, to understand The thunder of thy power.