Wesley Corpus

" My leanness, O my leanness ! " cry : Alone consumed with pining want, Of all my Father's children I. 4 The painful thirst, the fond desire, Thy joyous presence shall remove ; But my full soul shall still require A whole eternity of love. HYMN 393. l. m. 1 TTOLY, and true, and righteous Lord, ^A I wait to prove thy perfect will ; Be mindful of thy gracious word, And stamp me with thy Spirit's seal. 2 Open my faith's interior eye ; Display thy glory from above ; And all 1 am shall sink and die, Lost in astonishment and love. 3 Confound, o'erpower me by thy grace ; I would be by myself abhorr'd ; All might, all majesty, all praise, All glory, be to Christ my Lord. 4 Now let me gain perfection's height; Now let me into nothing fall ; Be less than nothing in thy sight ; And feel that Christ is all in all ! 37 V Seeking for full Redemption. 1 f\ GOD of our forefathers, hear, ^^ And make thy faithful mercies known : To thee, through Jesus, we draw near, Thy suffering, well-beloved Son, In whom thy smiling face we see, In whom thou art well pleased with me. 2 With solemn faith we offer up, And spread before thy glorious eyes, That only ground of all our hope, That precious, bleeding Sacrifice, Which brings thy grace on sinners down, And perfects all our souls in one. 3 Acceptance through his only name, Forgiveness in his blood, we have ; But more abundant life we claim Through him, who died our souls to save, To sanctify us by his blood, And fill with all the life of God. 4 Father, behold thy dying Son, And hear the blood that speaks above ! On us let all thy grace be shown : Peace, righteousness, and joy, and love,-- Thy kingdom, -- come to every heart, And all thou hast, and all thou art. 1 f\ GOD, to whom, in flesh reveal'd, ^^ The helpless all for succour came, The sick to be relieved and heal'd, And found salvation in thy name : 2 With publicans and harlots, I, In these thy Spirit's gospel days, To thee, the sinner's Friend, draw nigh. And humbly sue for saving grace Seeking for full Redemption. 377 3 Thou seest me helpless and distrest,