Wesley Corpus

Page 225 "Strive to enter." Luke xiii. 24. Long did I seek in vain, And could not enter in; Now, Saviour, every nerve I strain, But am not sav'd from sin, I struggle to get free, I strive, and pray, and groan; Yet when admitted into thee, Shall live by grace alone. "Sit down in the lowest room." Luke xiv. 10. How does he take the lowest place Who glories in the heights of grace, And free from self-mistrusting fear Assumes the perfect character? If void of true humility, No place among the saints hath he; And if his pride he will not feel, Shall have the lowest place in hell. "Whosoever exalteth himself, shall be abased." Luke xiv. 11. Why have I, Lord, so often been Baffled, debas'd by every sin? With humble shame and grief One sin I own the cause of all, Pride always went before my fall, The pride of unbelief. "He that humbleth himself, shall be exalted." Luke xiv. 11. Give me, O Lord, my soul t' abase, To sink o'erwhelm'd with pardning grace Lower and lower yet; But till I mount above the skies, O may I never, never rise From weeping at thy feet!