Wesley Corpus

CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, That famous Plant thou art : Tree of Life eternal, rise In every longing heart ! Bid us find the food in thee, For which our deathless spirits pine, Fed with immortality, And fill'd with love divine. Long we have our burden borne, Our own unfaithfulness, Object of the Heathens' scorn, Who mock'd our scanty grace : Jesus, our reproach remove ; Let sin no more thy people shame ! Show us rooted in thy love. In life and death the same. For the Society Praying. 495 In thy spotless people show Thy power and constancy ; Give us thus to feel and know Our fellowship with thee : Give us all thy mind to' express, And blameless in our Lord to' abide, Transcripts of thy holiness, Thy fair unspotted bride. ! /^OME, let us use the grace divine, ^^ And all, with one accord, In a perpetual Covenant join Ourselves to Christ the Lord : 2 Give up ourselves, through Jesu's power His name to glorify ; And promise, in this sacred hour, For God to live and die. 3 The Covenant we this moment make, Be ever kept in mind : -- We will no more our God forsake, Or cast his words behind. 4 We never will throw off his fear, Who hears our solemn vow : -- And if thou art well pleased to hear, Come down, and meet us now ! 5 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Let all our hearts receive ; Present with the celestial host, The peaceful answer give ! 6 To each the covenant blood apply, Which takes our sins away ; And register our names on high, And keep us to that day ! For the Society at Parting. 1 T ORD, we thy will obey, -*-* And in thy pleasure rest ; We, only we, can say, " Whatever is, is best ; " Joyful to meet, willing to part, Convinced we still are one in heart. 2 Hereby we sweetly know Our leve proceeds from thee, -- We let each other go, From every creature free, And cry, in answer to thy call, " Thou art, O Christ, our all in all ! 3 Our Husband, Brother, Friend, Our Counsellor Divine ! Thy chosen ones depend