Wesley Corpus

" Thy prayer is heard ; it shall be so ! ' The word hath pass'd thy lips, and I Shall with thy people live and die. HYMN 18. 7's Sf 6's 1 A /FAKER, Saviour of mankind, 1VL Who hast on me bestow'd An immortal soul, design'd To be the house of God : 24- The Pleasantness of Religion. Come, and now reside in me, Never, never to remove ; Make me just, and good, like thee, And full of power and love. 2 Bid me in thy image rise, A saint, a creature new ; True, and merciful, and wise, And pure, and happy too : This thy primitive design, That 1 should in thee be blest ; Should, within the arms divine. For ever, ever rest. ^ 3 Let thy will on me be done ; Fullil my heart's desire, Thee to know and love alone, And rise in raptures higher : Thee, descending on a cloud, When with ravish 'd eyes I see, Then I shall be mTd with God To all eternity ! HYMN 19. HTaS-ir*. 1 TD EJOICE evermore With angels above, J-*~ In Jesus's power, In Jesus's love : With glad exultation, Your triumph proclaim, Ascribing salvation To God and the Lamb. 2 Thou, Lord, our. relief In trouble hast been; Hast saved us from grief, Hast saved us from sin; The power of thy Spirit Hath set our hearts free, And now we inherit All fulness in thee : .'> All fulness of peace, All fulness of joy, And spiritual bliss That never shall cloy : To us it is given In Jesus to know A kingdom of heaven, A heaven below. - The Pleasantness of Religion. ^O 4 No longer we join, While sinners invite ; Nor envy the swine Their brutish delight ; Their joy is all sadness, Their mirth is all vain, Their laughter is madness, Their pleasure is pain 5 O might they at last With sorrow return, The pleasures to taste, For which they were born ; Our Jesus receiving, Our happiness prove, The joy of believing, The heaven of love ! HYMN 20. 6-Ts. 1 ^\^TEARY souls, that wander wide * * From the central point of bliss, Turn to Jesus crucified, Fly to those dear wounds of his : Sink into the purple flood : Rise into the life of God