A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-254 |
| Words | 399 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
3 Help us to help each other, Lord,
Each other's cross to bear ;
Let each his friendly aid afford,
And feel his brother's care.
4 Help us to build each other up,
Our little stock improve ;
Increase our faith, confirm our hope,
And perfect us in love.
5 Up into thee, our living Head,
Let us in all things grow,
Till thou hast made us free indeed,
And spotless here below.
6 Then, when the mighty work is wrought.
Receive thy ready bride :
Give us in heaven a happy lot
With all the sanctified.
HYMN 504. c. m.
1 TESUS, united by thy grace,
** And each to each endear'd,
With confidence we seek thy face,
And know our prayer is heard.
For the Society Praying. 471
2 Still let us own our common Lord,
And bear thy easy yoke ;
A band of love, a threefold cord?
Which never can be broke.
3 Make us into one spirit drink ;
Baptize into thy name ;
And let us always kindly think,
And sweetly speak, the same.
4 Touch' d by the loadstone of thy love,
Let all our hearts agree ;
And ever tow'rds each other move,
And ever move tow'rds thee.
5 To thee inseparably join'd,
Let all our spirits cleave ;
O may we all the loving* mind
That was in thee receive !
6 This is the bond of perfectness,
Thy spotless charity ;
O let us (still we pray) possess
The mind that was in thee !
7 Grant this, and then from all below
Insensibly remove :
Our souls their change shall scarcely know,
Made perfect first in love !
8 With ease our souls thro' death shall glide
Into their paradise ;
And thence, on wings of angels, ride
Triumphant through the skies.
4 / *2 For the Society Praying,
9 Yet when the fullest joy is given,
The same delight we prove ;
In earth, in paradise, in heaven,
Our all in all is love.
HYMN 505. jl. m.
1 T TNCHANGEABLE, almighty Lord,
^ Our souls upon thy truth we stay ;
Accomplish now thy faithful word,
And give, O give us all one way !
2 O let us all join hand in hand,
Who seek redemption in thy blood ;
Fast in one mind and spirit stand,
And build the temple of our God !