Wesley Corpus

A thing from which we cannot part ? We can ; we now rejoice to tear The idol from our bleeding heart. 6 Jesus, accept our sacrifice ; All things for thee we count but loss ; Lo ! at thy word our Isaac dies, Dies on the altar of thy cross 7 For what to thee, O Lord, we give, A hundred-fold we here obtain ; And soon with thee shall all receive, And loss shall be eternal gain. HYMN 287. 7's. 1 f OMNIPRESENT God ! whose aid ^S No one ever ask'd in vain, Be this night about my bed, Every evil thought restrain : Lay thy hand upon my soul, God of my unguarded hours ! All my enemies control, Hell, and earth, and nature's powers. 27 O For Believers Fighting. 2 O thou jealous God ! come down. God of spotless purity ; Claim, and seize me for thy own, Consecrate my heart to thee : Under thy protection take ; Songs in the night season give ; Let me sleep to thee, and wake ; Let me die to thee, and live. Only tell me I am thine, And thou wilt not quit thy right ; Answer me in dreams divine, Dreams and visions of the night : Bid me even in sleep go on, Restlessly my God desire ; Mourn for God in every groan, God in every thought require. Loose me from the chains of sense, Set me from the body free ; Draw with stronger influence My unfetter'd soul to thee : In me, Lord, thyself reveal ; Fill me with a sweet surprise ; Let me thee, when waking, feel, Let me in thy image rise. HYMN 288. 8's8r6's. 1 r\ GOD, thy faithfulness I plead ! V^ My present help in time of need, My great Deliverer thou ! Haste to my aid, thine ear incline, And rescue this poor soul of mine ! I claim the promise now J For Believers Fighting. 277 2 Where is the way ? Ah, show me where, That I thy mercy may declare, The power that sets me free : How can I my destruction shun ? How can I from my nature run ? Answer, O God, for me ! 3 One only way the erring mind Of man, short-sighted man, can find,