Wesley Corpus

5 Thou hast on us the grace bestow 'd Thy greatness to proclaim ; And therefore now we thank our God, And praise thy glorious name. 6 Thy glorious name and nature's powers Thou dost to us make known ; And all the Deity is ours, Through thy incarnate Son. HYMN 249. c. m. 1 r^ REAT God ! to me the sight afford, ^J To him of old allow'd ; And let my faith behold its Lord Descending in a cloud. 2 In that revealing Spirit come down, Thine attributes proclaim, And to my inmost soul make known The glories of thy name. 3 Jehovah, Christ, I thee adore, Who gav'st my soul to be ! Fountain of being, and of power, And great in majesty. For Believers Rejoicing. *Z/±\ 4 The Lord, the mighty God, thou art ; But let me rather prove That name in-spoken to my heart, That favourite name of Love. 5 Merciful God, thyself proclaim In this polluted breast ; Mercy is thy distinguish'd name, Which suits a sinner best. 6 Our misery doth for pity call, Our sin implores thy grace ; And thou art merciful to all Our lost apostate race. HYMN 250. c. m. 1 nnHY ceaseless, unexhausted love, J- Unmerited and free, Delights our evil to remove, And help our misery. 2 Thou waitest to be gracious still. Thou dost with sinners bear ; That, saved, we may thy goodness feel, And all thy grace declare. 3 Thy goodness and thy truth to me, To every soul, abound ; A vast, unfathomable sea, Where all our thoughts are drown 'd. 4 Its streams the whole creation reach, So plenteous is the store ; Enough for all, enough for each, Enough for evermore. 5 Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are ! A Rock that cannot move : A thousand promises declare Thv constancy of love. 242 For Believers Rejoicing. (> Throughout the universe it reigns, Unalterably sure ; And while the truth of God remains, The goodness must endure. HYMN 251. cm. 1 T^ATHER of me, and all mankind, *- And all the hosts above, Let every understanding mind Unite to praise thy love : 2 To know thy nature, and thy name, One God in Persons Three ; And glorify the great I AM, Through all eternity. 3 Thy kingdom come, with power and grace,