Wesley Corpus

Whoe'er by thy command impart The children's bread, the strengthning grace, Thou, Lord, both food and feeder art; Thy Spirit to our souls conveys Perceiv'd, or unperceiv'd supplies Of heavenly life that never dies. "He took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town." Mark viii. 23. Out of the croud he first must take, Before his grace he shew: Sinner, the busy world forsake, And with thy Saviour go; Then shall the God of pard'ning love Bid all thy sin depart, And by a sovereign touch remove The blindness of thy heart. "What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" Mark viii. 36. Ere18 the righteous judge appear, Sinner, count thy mournful gains, Momentary pleasures here Purchas'd with eternal pains! When thy soul its body leaves, Where is its felicity? When the pit thy soul receives, What is all the world to thee? "All things are possible to him that believeth." Mark ix. 23. But is it possible, that I Should live and sin no more? Lord, if on thee I dare rely, The faith shall bring the power: On me that faith divine bestow Which doth the mountain move, And all my sinless life shall shew Th' omnipotence of love. 18Ori., "E'er"; but clearly used in sense of "before."