Wesley Corpus

The living law of perfect love ! Write the new precept in our hearts : We shall not then from thee remove, 4/o For the Society Praying, Who in thy glorious image shine, Thy people, and for ever thine. HYMN 512. 6-Ts. 1 /CENTRE of our hopes thou art, ^-^ End of our enlarged desires ; Stamp thine image on our heart ; Fill us now with heavenly fires ; Cemented by love divine, Seal our souls for ever thine. 2 All our works in thee be wrought, Levell'd at one common aim ; Every word, and every thought, Purge in the refining flame : Lead us, through the paths of peace, On to perfect holiness. 3 Let us all together rise, To thy glorious life restored ; Here regain our paradise, Here prepare to meet our Lord ; Here enjoy the earnest given, Travel hand in hand to heaven ! HYMN 513. 6-8'j. 1 TESUS, with kindest pity see ** The souls that would be one in thee : If now accepted in thy sight, Thou dost our upright hearts unite, Allow us even on earth to prove The noblest joys of heavenly love. 2 Before thy glorious eyes we spread The wish which doth from thee proceed ; Our love from earthly dross refine ; Holy, angelical, divine, Thee its great Author let it show, And back to the pure fountain flow. For the Society Praying. 479 3 A drop of that unbounded sea, O Lord, resorb it into thee ! While all our souls, with restless strife, Spring up into eternal life, And, lost in endless raptures, prove Thy whole immensity of love. 4 A spark of that ethereal fire, Still let it to its source aspire, To thee in every wish return, Intensely for thy glory burn ; While all our souls fly up to thee, And blaze through all eternity. HYMN 514. Ts. L T^ATHER, at thy footstool see ■*■ Those who now are one in thee : Draw us by thy grace alone ; Give, O give us to thy Son ! 2 Jesus, friend of human kind, Let us in thy name be join'd ; Each to each unite and bless ; Keep us still in perfect peace. 3 Heavenly, all-alluring Dove, Shed thy over-shadowing love ; Love, the sealing grace, impart ; Dwell within our single heart.