A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-261 |
| Words | 374 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
2 Strive we, in affection strive ;
Let the purer flame revive,
Such as in the martyrs glow'd,
Dying champions for their God :
We, like them, may live and love ;
Call'd we are their joys to prove,
Saved with them from future wrath,
Partners of like precious faith.
3 Sing we then in Jesu's name,
Now as yesterday the same ;
One in every time and place,
Full for all of truth and grace :
We for Christ, our Master, stand,
Lights in a benighted land :
We our dying Lord confess ;
We are Jesu's witnesses.
4 Witnesses that Christ hath died,
We with him are crucified ;
Christ hath burst the bands of death ;
We his quick' ning Spirit breathe :
Christ is now gone up on high ;
Thither all our wishes fly :
Sits at God's right hand above ;
There with him we reign in love !
484 For the Society Praying
HYMN 520. 7's.
1 /^OME, thou high and lofty Lord !
^> Lowly, meek, incarnate Word
Humbly stoop to earth again ;
Come and visit abject man !
Jesus, dear expected guest,
Thou art bidden to the feast ;
For thyself our hearts prepare :
Come, and sit, and banquet there !
2 Jesus, we thy promise claim :
We are met in thy great name ;
In the midst do thou appear,
Manifest thy presence here !
Sanctify us, Lord, and bless ;
Breathe thy Spirit, give thy peace ;
Thou thyself within us move ;
Make our feast a Feast of Love.
3 Let the fruits of grace abound ;
Let us in thy bowels sound ;
Faith, and love, and joy increase,
Temperance and gentleness ;
Plant in us thy humble mind ;
Patient, pitiful, and kind,
Meek and lowly let us be,
Full of goodness, full of thee.
4 Make us all in thee complete ,
Make us all for glory meet,
Meet to' appear before thy sight,
Partners with the saints in light.
Call, O call us each, by name.
To the marriage of the Lamb ;
Let us lean upon thy breast ;
Love be there our endless feast !
For the Society Praying. 4oO
HYMN 521. 7's.