A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-071 |
| Words | 387 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
4 The mansion for thyself prepare ;
Dispose my heart by entering there !
'Tis this alone can make me clean ;
'Tis this alone can cast out sin.
5 At last I own it cannot be
That I should fit myself for thee :
Here then to thee I all resign ;
Thine is the work, and only thine.
6 What shall I say thy grace to move ?
Lord, I am sin, -- but thou art love :
I give up every plea beside,
" Lord, I am damn'd, but thou hast died."
HYMN 133 l. m.
1 TESU, whose glory's streaming rays,
«J Though duteous to thy high command,
Not seraphs view with open face,
But veil'd before thy presence stand !
2 How shall weak eyes of flesh, weigh* d down
With sin, and dim with error's night,
Dare to behold thy awful throne,
Or view thy unapproached light ?
3 Restore my sight : let thy free grace
An entrance to the holiest give !
Uv For Mourners
Open mine eyes of faith : -- thy face
So shall I see ; yet seeing live.
4 Thy golden sceptre from above
Reach forth ; lo ! my whole heart I how ;
Say to my soul, " Thou art my love ;
My chosen 'midst ten thousand, thou."
5 O Jesus, full of grace ! the sighs
Of a sick heart with pity view !
Hark ! how my silence speaks, and cries,
" Mercy, thou God of mercy, show ! "
6 I know thou canst not hut be good !
How should'st thou, Lord, thy grace restrain ?
Thou, Lord, whose blood so freely flow'd,
To save me from all guilt and pain.
HYMN 134. 6S's,
1 TESUS, if still the same thou art,
J If all thy promises are sure,
Set up thy kingdom in my heart,
And make me rich, for I am poor :
To me be all thy treasures given,
The kingdom of an inward heaven.
2 Thou hast pronounced the mourners blest, ;
And, lo ! for thee I ever mourn :
J cannot, -- no, I will not rest,
Till thou, my only Rest, return ;
Till thou, the Prince of Peace, appear,
And I receive the Comforter.
3 Where is the blessedness, bestow'd