Wesley Corpus

Raised by the nurture of the Lord, To all their paradise restored. 3 Error and ignorance remove, Their blindness both of heart and mind Give them the wisdom from above, Spotless, and peaceable, and kind ; In knowledge pure their minds renew ; And store with thoughts divinely true 4 Learning's redundant part and vain Be here cut off, and cast aside ; But let them, Lord, the substance gain In every solid truth abide ; Swiftly acquire, and ne'er forego, The knowledge lit for man to know. 5 Unite the pair so long disjoin'd, Knowledge and vital Piety : Learning and Holiness combined, And Truth and Love, let all men see, In those whom up to thee we give, Thine, wholly thine, to die and live. 6 Father, accept them through thy Son, And ever by thy Spirit guide ! Thy wisdom in their lives be shown, Thy name confess'd and glorified ; Thy power and love diffused abroad, Till all the earth is fill'd with God. HYMN 474. 6-8's. 1 /^APTAIN of our salvation, take ^-^ The souls we here present to thee, And fit for thy great service make These heirs of immortality ; 444 For Believers Interceding t> And let them in thine image rise, And then transplant to Paradise. 2 Unspotted from the world and pure, Preserve them for thy glorious cause, Accustom'd daily to endure The welcome burden of thy cross ; Inured to toil and patient pain, Till all thy perfect mind they gain. 3 Our sons henceforth be wholly thine, And serve and love thee all their days ; Infuse the principle divine In all who here expect thy grace ; Let each improve the grace bestow' d : Rise every child a man of God ! 4 Train up thy hardy soldiers, Lord, In all their Captain's steps to tread ! Or send them to proclaim thy word, Thy gospel through the world to spread, Freely as they receive to give, And preach the death by which we live ! UT who sufficient is to lead And execute the vast design ? How can our arduous toil succeed, When earth and hell their forces join The meanest instruments to' o'erthrow, Which thou hast ever used below ? 2 Mountains, alas ! on mountains rise, To make our utmost efforts vain ; For Believers Interceding. 44o s