Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-245
Words391
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Catholic Spirit Christian Perfection Means of Grace Pneumatology Repentance
3 With us thou art assembled here ; But, O, thyself reveal ! Son of the living God, appear! Let us thy presence feel. 4 Breathe on us, Lord, in this our day, And these dry bones shall live ; Speak peace into our hearts, and say, " The Holy Ghost receive ! " 5 Whom now we seek, O may we meet ! Jesus, the Crucified, Show us thy bleeding hands and feet, Thou who for us hast died. 6 Cause us the record to receive : Speak, and the tokens show : "O be not faithless, but believe In me, who died for you !" HYMN 487. TsSf6's WO are better far than one For counsel or for fight : How can one be warm alone, Or serve his God aright ? Join we then our hearts and hands ; Each to love provoke his friend ; Run the way of his commands, And keep it to the end. 2 Woe to him whose spirits droop, To him who falls, alone ! He has none to lift him up, To help his weakness on : Happier we each other keep ; We each other's burdens bear ; For the Society giving Thanks. 455 Never need our footsteps slip, Upheld by mutual prayer. 3 Who of twain hath made us one, Maintains our unity ; Jesus is the Corner-Stone, In whom we all agree ; Servants of one common Lord, Sweetly of one heart and mind, Who can break a three-fold cord, Or part whom God hath join'd ? 4 O that all with us might prove The fellowship of saints ! Find supplied, in Jesu's love, What every member wants : Grasp we our high calling's prize, Feel our sins on earth forgiven, Rise, in his whole image rise, And meet our Head in heaven ! For the Society giving Thanks. HYMN 488. p. m. 1 TTOW happy are we, Who in Jesus agree A A To expect his return from above ! We sit under his vine, And delightfully join In the praise of his excellent love. 2 How pleasant and sweet, In his name when we meet, Is his fruit to our spiritual taste ! We are banqueting here On angelical cheer, And the joys that eternally last. 3 Invited by him, WTe drink of the stream