Wesley Corpus

1 r\ GOD, my God, my All thou art! ^-^ Ere shines the dawn of rising day, Thy sovereign light within my heart. Thy all-enlivening power, display. 2 For thee my thirsty soul doth pant, While in this desert land 1 live ; And hungry as I am, and faint, Thy love alone can comfort give. 3 In a dry land, behold I place My whole desire on thee, O Lord ; And more I joy to gain thy grace, Than all earth's treasures can afford. 4 More dear than life itself, thy Love My heart and tongue shall still employ ; And to declare thy praise will prove My peace, my glory, and my joy. 5 In blessing thee with grateful songs My happy life shall glide away : The praise that to thy name belongs Hourly with lifted hands I '11 pay. 6 Abundant sweetness while I sing Thy love, my ravish* d heart o'erflows ; Secure in thee, my God and King, Of glory that no period knows. 7 Thy name, O God, upon my bed Dwells on my lips, and fires my thought ; With trembling awe, in midnight shade, I muse on all thy hands have wrought. 8 In all I do I feel thine aid ; Therefore thy greatness will I sing, O God, who bidd'st my heart be glad Beneath the shadow of thy wing ! 412 For Believers Saved. 9 My soul draws nigh and cleaves to thee : Then let or earth or hell assail, Thy mighty hand shall set me free ; For whom thou sav'st, he ne'er shall fail. 1 f^\ GOD of peace and pardoning love, ^-^ Whose bowels of compassion move To every sinful child of man ; Jesus, our Shepherd great and good, Who dying bought us with his blood, Thou hast brought back to life again. His blood to all our souls apply ; (His blood alone can sanctify, Which first did for our sins atone ;) The covenant of redemption seal ; The depth of love, of God, reveal ; And speak us perfected in one. 2 O might our every work and word Express the tempers of our Lord, The nature of our Head above : His Spirit send into our hearts, Engraving on our inmost parts