Wesley Corpus

Holy Ghost, apply thy word And promise to my heart, Tell me I shall see the Lord, Before I hence depart: When my faith the Christ hath seen, Creator of that inward eye, Thee I shall acknowledge then, The Lord and God most high. Spirit of faith, reveal in me The sure-approaching grace, Then I shall the deity Of my inspirer praise, Bless my God for ever blest, Glory in salvation given, Late obtain the promis'd rest, And go in peace to heaven. "He (the SPIRIT of truth) dwelleth with you, and shall be IN YOU." John xiv. 17. "GOD is IN YOU of a truth." 1 Cor. xiv. 25. The Holy Ghost in part we know, For with us he resides, Our whole of good to him we owe Whom by his grace he guides: He doth our virtuous thoughts inspire, The evil he averts, And every seed of good desire He planted in our hearts. Page 42 He, whom the world cannot receive, But fight against his power, Will come, we stedfastly believe, In his appointed hour: He now the future grace reveals, Bespeaks his mean abode; And in us when the Spirit dwells, We all are fill'd with God. "At that day ye shall know, that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you." John xiv. 20. Whene'er our day of Pentecost Is fully come, we surely know The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Our God, is manifest below: The Son doth in the Father dwell, The Father in his Son imparts His Spirit of joy unspeakable, And lives for ever in our hearts. Our hearts are then convinc'd indeed That Christ is with the Father One; The Spirit that doth from both proceed, Attests the co-eternal Son; The Spirit of truth and holiness Asserts his own divinity: And then the orthodox confess One glorious God in Persons Three. "All scripture is given by INSPIRATION of GOD." 2 Tim. iii. 16. "Holy men of God spake as they were MOVED BY the HOLY GHOST." 2 Pet. i. 21. Page 43 Spirit of truth, essential God, Who didst thine antient saints inspire, Shed in their hearts thy love abroad, And touch their hallow'd lips with fire, Our God from all eternity, World without end, we worship thee.