A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-260 |
| Words | 368 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
3 Still, O Lord, (for thine we are,)
Still to us his name declare :
Thy revealing Spirit give,
Whom the world cannot receive.
4 Fill us with the Father's love ;
Never from our souls remove :
Dwell in us, and we shall be
Thine through all eternity.
1 f^HRIST, from whom all blessings flow,
^^ Perfecting the saints below,
Hear us, who thy nature share,
Who thy mystic body are.
2 Join us, in one spirit join,
Let us still receive of thine :
4b!2 For the Society Praying.
Still for more on thee we call,
Thou who fillest all in all !
3 Closer knit to thee, our Head ;
Nourish us, O Christ, and feed ;
Let us daily growth receive,
More and more in Jesus live.
4 Jesus, we thy members are ;
Cherish us with kindest care :
Of thy flesh, and of thy bone,
Love, for ever love thine own !
5 Move, and actuate, and guide :
Divers gifts to each divide :
Placed according to thy will,
Let us all our work fulfil ;
6 Never from our office move,
Needful to each other prove ;
Use the grace on each bestow'd,
Temper' d by the art of God.
7 Sweetly may we all agree,
Touch' d with softest sympathy ;
Kindly for each other care ;
Every member feel its share.
8 Wounded by the grief of one,
Now let all the members groan ;
Honour'd if one member is,
All partake the common bliss.
9 Many are we now and one,
We who Jesus have put on :
There is neither bond nor free,
Male nor female, Lord, in thee !
10 Love, like death, hath all destroy 'd,
Render' d all distinctions void ;
Names, and sects, and parties fall :
Thou, O Christ, art all in all !
For I he Society Praying. 483
1 /^OME, and let us sweetly join,
^-^ Christ to praise in hymns divine !
Give we all, with one accord,
Glory to our common Lord ;
Hands, and hearts, and voices raise ;
Sing as in the ancient days ;
Antedate the joys above ;
Celebrate the feast of love.