Wesley Corpus

From the sun's directer ray ; In a milder clime they dwell, Region of eternal day. He that on the throne doth reign, Them the Lamb shall always feed, With the tree of life sustain, To the living fountains lead : He shall all their sorrows chase, All their wants at once remove, Wipe the tears from every face, Fill up every soul with love. HYMN 77. &s. HPHE Church in her militant state *- Is weary, and cannot forbear ; The saints in an agony wait To see him again in the air. oU Describing Heaven. The Spirit invites, in the bride, Her heavenly Lord to descend, And place her, enthroned at his side, In glory that never shall end. 2 The news of his coming I hear, And join in the catholic cry : 0 Jesus, in triumph appear ; Appear in the clouds of the sky ! Whom only I languish to love, In fulness of majesty come, And give me a mansion above, And take to my heavenly home. 1 rT^HE thirsty are call'd to their Lord, ■*- His glorious appearing to see ; And, drawn by the power of his word, The promise, I know, is for me : 1 thirst for the streams of thy grace, I gasp for the Spirit of Love ; I long for a glimpse of thy face, And then to behold it above. 2 Thy call I exult to obey, And come, in the spirit of prayer, Thy joy in that happiest day, Thy kingdom of glory, to share ; To drink the pure river of bliss, With life everlasting o'erflow'd ; Implunged in the crystal abyss, And lost in the ocean of God. HYMN 79. 8 's. A FOUNTAIN of Life and of Grace In Christ, our Redeemer, we see : For us, who his offers embrace, For all, it is open and free : Describing Hell. Ox Jehovah himself doth invite To drink of his pleasures unknown ; The streams of immortal delight, That flow from his heavenly throne. As soon as in him we believe, By faith of his Spirit we take ; And, freely forgiven, reeeive The mercy for Jesus's sake : We gain a pure drop of his love ; The life of eternity know ; Angelical happiness prove ; And witness a heaven below. 6. Describing Hell. HYMN 80. c. m.