Wesley Corpus

2 O that to thee my constant mind Might with an even flame aspire, Pride in its earliest motions find, And mark the risings of desire ! 3 O that my tender soul might fly The first abhorr'd approach of ill ; Quick, as the apple of an eye, The slightest touch of sin to feel ! 4 Till thou anew my soul create, Still may I strive, and watch, and pray, Humbly and confidently wait, And Jong to see the perfect day. For Believers Watching. 303 HYMN 314. s. m. J TYARK, how the watchmen cry, 11 Attend the trumpet's sound ! Stand to your arms, the foe is nigh, The powers of hell surround : Who how to Christ's command, Your arms and hearts prepare ; The day of battle is at hand ! Go forth to glorious war ! 2 See, in the mountain top, The standard of your God ! In Jesu's name I lift it up, All stain'd with hallow'd blood. His standard-bearer, I To all the nations call : Let all to Jesu's cross draw nigh ! He bore the cross for all. 3 Go up with Christ your Head ; Your Captain's footsteps see ; Follow your Captain, and be led To certain victory. All power to him is given ; He ever reigns the same ; Salvation, happiness, and heaven Are all in Jesu's name. 4 Only have faith in God ; In faith your foes assail ; Not wrestling against ilesh and blood, But all the powers of hell : From thrones of glory driven, By flaming vengeance hurl'd, They throng the air, and darken heaven, And rule the lower world. o04 For .Believers Watching, HYMN 315. s. m 1 A NGELS your march oppose, ^ Who still in strength excel, Your secret, sworn, eternal foes, Countless, invisible : With rage that never ends, Their hellish arts they try, Legions of dire, malicious fiends, And spirits enthroned on high. 2 On earth the' usurpers reign, Exert their baneful power ; O'er the poor fallen sons of men They tyrannize their hour : But shall believers fear ? But shall believers fly ? Or see the bloody cross appear, And all their powers defy ? 3 Jesu's tremendous name Puts all our foes to flight : Jesus, the meek, the angry Lamb, A Lion is in fight. By all hell's host withstood,