Wesley Corpus

And ready may I be ; For ever standing on my guard, And looking up to thee. 3 O do thou always warn My soul of evil near ! When to the right or left I turn, Thy voice still let me hear : For Believers Watching. 295 £> " Come back ! this is the way ; Come back, and walk herein ! *' O may I hearken and obey, And shun the paths of sin ! Thou seest my feebleness ; Jesus, be thou my power, My help and refuge in distress, My fortress and my tower. Give me to trust in thee ! Be thou my sure abode ; My horn, and rock, and buckler be, My Saviour, and my God. Myself I cannot save, Myself I cannot keep : But strength in thee I surely have, Whose eye-lids never sleep : My soul to thee alone Now therefore I commend ; Thou, Jesus, love me as thy own, And love me to the end. 1 T^ATHER, to thee I lift mine eyes, JL My longing eyes, and restless heart Before the morning watch I rise, And wait to taste how good thou art, To' obtain the grace I humbly claim, The saving power of Jesu's name. 2 This slumber from my soul, O shake ! Warn by thy Spirit's inward call ; Let me to righteousness awake, And pray that I no more may fall, Or give to sin or Satan place, But walk in all thy righteous ways. ^*yb For Believers Watching. s 3 O would'st thou, Lord, thy servant guard, 'Gainst every known or secret foe ; A mind for all assaults prepared, A sober, vigilant mind bestow, Ever apprized of danger nigh, And when to light, and when to fly. 4 O never suffer me to sleep Secure within the verge of hell , But still my watchful spirit keep In lowly awe and loving zeal ; And bless me with a godly fear, And plant that guardian -angel here ! 5 Attended by the sacred dread, And wise from evil to depart, Let me from strength to strength proceed, And rise to purity of heart ; Through all the paths of duty move, From humble faith to perfect love. HYMN 307. c. m. d.