Wesley Corpus

1 TESU, Shepherd of the sheep, «J Pity my unsettled soul ! Guide, and nourish me, and keep, Till thy love shall make me whole ; Give me perfect soundness, give, Make me steadfastly believe. 2 I am never at one stay, Changing every hour I am ; But thou art as yesterday, Now and evermore the same : For Backsliders Recovered. 179 Constancy to me impart, 'Stablish with thy grace my heart. 3 Lay thy weighty cross on me ; All my unbelief control ; Till the rebel cease to be, Keep him down within my soul : That I never more may move, Root and ground me fast in love. 4 Give me faith to hold me up, Walking over life's rough sea : Holy, purifying hope, Still my soul's sure anchor be : That I may be always thine, Perfect me in love divine. HYMN 184. c. m. 1 1V/TY God, my God, to thee I cry ; .It A Thee only would I know ; Thy purifying blood apply, And wash me white as snow. 2 Touch me, and make the leper clean, Purge my iniquity : Unless thou wash my soul from sin, I have no part in thee. 3 But art thou not already mine ? Answer, if mine thou art ! Whisper within, thou Love Divine, And cheer my drooping heart. 4 Tell me again my peace is made, And bid the sinner live : The debt's discharged, the ransom's paid, My Father must forgive. 5 Behold, for me the Victim bleeds, His wounds are open'd wide : For me the blood of sprinkling pleads, And speaks me justified. loU For Backsliders Recovered. 6 O why did I my Saviour leave, So soon unfaithful prove ! How could I thy good Spirit grieve, And sin against thy love ! 7 I forced thee first to disappear ; I turn'd thy face aside : Ah , Lord ! if thou hadst still heen here, Thy servant had not died. 8 But O, how soon thy wrath is o'er, And pardoning love takes place ! Assist me, Saviour, to adore The riches of thy grace. 9 O could I lose myself in thee, Thy depth of mercy prove, Thou vast, unfathomable sea Of unexhausted love ! 10 My humbled soul, when thou art near,