Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-202
Words397
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Assurance Christian Perfection Free Will Pneumatology Sanctifying Grace
3 Lord, I will not let thee go, Till the blessing thou bestow : Hear my Advocate Divine ! Lo ! to his my suit I join ; Join'd to his, it cannot fail : Bless me ; for I will prevail ! 4 Heavenly Father, Life Divine, Change my nature into thine ! Move and spread throughout my soul, Actuate and fill the whole ! Be it I no longer now Living in the flesh, but Thou. 5 Holy Ghost, no more delay ! Come, and in thy temple stay ! Now thine inward witness bear, Strong, and permanent, and clear : Spring of Life, thyself impart : Rise eternal in my heart ! o74 Seeking for full Redemption. HYMN 391. l.m. Ezekiel xxxvi. 25, &c. 1 /^ OD of all power, and truth, and grace, ^J Which shall from age to age endure ; Whose word, when heaven and earth shall pass, Remains and stands for ever sure : 2 That I thy mercy may proclaim, That all mankind thy truth may see, Hallow thy great and glorious name, And perfect holiness in me. 3 Thy sanctifying Spirit pour, To quench my thirst, and make me clean . Now, Father, let the gracious shower Descend, and make me pure from sin. 4 Purge me from every sinful blot ; My idols all be cast aside ; Cleanse me from every sinful thought, From all the filth of self and pride. 5 Give me a new, a perfect heart, From doubt, and fear, and sorrow free ; The mind which was in Christ impart, And let my spirit cleave to thee. (> O take this heart of stone away ! Thy sway it doth not, cannot own : In me no longer let it stay ; O take away this heart of stone ! 7 O that I now, from sin released, Thy word may to the utmost prove, Enter into the promised rest, The Canaan of thy perfect love ! HYMN 392. l. m. 1 T^ATHER, supply my every need ; r Sustain the life thyself hast given ; Seeking for full Redemption. 3/5 Call for the never-failing bread, The manna that comes down from heaven. 2 The gracious fruits of righteousness, Thy blessings' unexhausted store, In me abundantly increase ; Nor ever let me hunger more. 3 Let me no more, in deep complaint,