Wesley Corpus

Thou hear'st the unspeakable groan Which heaves in a sorrowful heart, 'Till thou, whom I never have known, The blissful assurance impart, The light of thy countenance show, With heavenly evidence shine, And bid me in liberty go, In peace, and affiance divine. Come then to thy creature, and tell The secret I cannot explore, Thy riches of mercy reveal, Thy love's inexhaustible store; Three mystical Persons in One, The truth of thy Godhead attest, Jehovah, the Father, and Son, And Spirit, abide in my breast. Page 106 While yet I am calling, appear The end of my trouble and pain: Assur'd of a Trinity here, I rise from my ruins again; I know my Redeemer, who gives A sinner his glory to see, And all the divinity lives Eternally present in me. To: "'Tis finish'd, 'tis done." The deity Trine One being we name, Three Persons divine For ever the same, One absolute nature In all we maintain, One gracious Creator Of angels and men. Jehovah is he Substantially love, The mystical Three Who witness above; Who there his pure essence Displays and conceals; Whose life-giving presence The universe fills. Thrice holy and high, Thy goodness and power Like those in the sky We fain would adore: Thy boundless compassion Each moment we prove, And all our salvation Ascribe to thy love. Page 107 O what shall we do To praise thee aright? To make us anew, Appear in our sight, Discover thy glory, Thy goodness proclaim, And prostrate before thee We worship thy name. Thy gifts are bestow'd On all the lost kind: A merciful God In thee when we find, Most freely forgiving, Abundant in grace; The living, the living We publish thy praise. Command us to rise Of pardon possest, With love's paradise Unspeakably blest; Thy forfeited favour Thine image restore, And bid us for ever Rejoice, and adore. To: "Thanks be to God alone." Hail, co-essential Three In mystic Unity! Father, Son, and Spirit, hail, God by heaven and earth ador'd, God incomprehensible, One supreme Almighty Lord. Thou sittest on the throne Plurality in One: Page 108 Saints behold thine open face, Bright, insufferably bright; Angels tremble as they gaze Sink into a sea of light!