Wesley Corpus

5 To purest joys she all invites, Chaste, holy, spiritual delights ; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her flowery paths are peace. (> Happy the man who Wisdom gains ; Thrice happy, who his guest retains ! He owns, and shall for ever own, Wisdom, and Christ, and Heaven are one. HYMN 15. c. m. HAPPY the souls to Jesus join'd. And saved hy grace alone : Walking in all his ways, they find Their heaven on earth begun. 2 The church triumphant in thy love, Their mighty joys we know ; They sing the Lamb in hymns above, And ive in hymns below. 3 Thee in thy glorious realm they praise, And bow before thy throne ; We in the kingdom of thy grace; The kingdoms are but one. 4 The holy to the holiest leads ; From thence our spirits rise : And he that in thy statutes treads, Shall meet thee in the skies. The Pleasantness of Religion. £ I HYMN 16. l. m. 1 TTAPPY the souls that first believed, -*- -*- To Jesus and each other cleaved ; Join'd by the unction from above, In mystic fellowship of love. 2 Meek, simple followers of the Lamb, They lived, and spake, and thought the same ; They joyfully conspired to raise Their ceaseless sacrifice of praise. 3 With grace abundantly endued, A pure, believing multitude, They all were of one heart and soul, And only love inspired the whole. 4 O what an age of golden days ! O what a choice, peculiar race ! Wash'd in the Lamb's all-cleansing blood, Anointed Kings and Priests to God ! 5 Where shall I wander now to find The successors they left behind ? The faithful, whom I seek in vain, Are 'minish'd from the sons of men. 6* Ye different sects, who all declare, " Lo, here is Christ!" or, " Christ is there!1' Your stronger proofs divinely give, And show me where the Christians live. 7 Your claim, alas ! ye cannot prove ; Ye want the genuine mark of love : Thou only, Lord, thine own canst show ; For sure thou hast a church below. 8 The gates of hell cannot prevail ; The chinch on earth can never fail : &2 The Pleasantness of Religion.