Wesley Corpus

Still impotently near ; Earth and hell their wars may wage ; Calm I mark their vain design, Smile to see them idly rage Against a child of thine. 3 Unto thee, my Help, my Hope, My Safeguard, and my Tower, Confident 1 still look up, And still receive thy power : All the alien's hosts I chase, Blast and scatter with mine eyes ; Satan comes ; I turn my face, And, lo ! the Tempter flies ! 4 Sin in me, the inbred foe, Awhile subsists in chains ; But thou all thy power shalt show, And slay its last remains : Thou hast conquer'd my desire, Thou shalt quench it with thy blood, Fill me with a purer fire, And make me all like God. HYMN 360 cm. Rom. iv. 13, &c. 1 l^ATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord *- My Saviour, and my Head, I trust in thee, whose powerful word Hath raised him from the dead. o44 Seeking for full Redemption. 2 Thou know'st for my offence he died, And rose again for me, Fully and freely justified, That 1 might live to thee. 3 Eternal life to all mankind Thou hast in Jesus given ; And all who seek, in him shall find The happiness of heaven. 4 O God ! thy record I believe, In Abraham's footsteps tread ; And wait, expecting to receive The Christ, the promised Seed. 5 Faith in thy power thou seest I have, For thou this faith hast wrought ; Dead souls thou callest from their grave. And speakest worlds from nought. 6' Things that are not, as though they were, Thou callest by their name ; Present with thee the future are, With thee, the great I AM. 7 In hope, against all human hope, Self-desperate, I believe ; Thy quick'ning word shall raise me up, Thou shalt thy Spirit give. 8 The thing surpasses all my thought ; But faithful is my Lord ; Through unbelief 1 stagger not, For God hath spoke the word. 9 Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees. And looks to that alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries, " It shall be done ! " Seeking for full Redemption. o4o 10 To thee the glory of thy power And faithfulness I give ; I shall in Christ, at that glad hour, And Christ in me shall live.