Wesley Corpus

In yonder blest abode, The patriarchs and prophets old, And all the saints of God. Abraham and Isaac there, And Jacob shall receive The followers of their faith and prayer, Who now in bodies live. 6 We shall our time beneath Live out in cheerful hope, And fearless pass the vale of death, And gain the mountain-top. To gather home his own God shall his angels send, For the Society at Parting. 499 And bid our bliss, on earth begun, In deathless triumph end. JESUS, accept the praise That to thy Name belongs ; Matter of all our lays, Subject of all our songs : Through thee we now together came, And part exulting in thy Name. In flesh we part awhile, But still in spirit join'd, To' embrace the happy toil, Thou hast to each assign 'd ; And while we do thy blessed will, We bear our heaven about us still. O let us thus go on In all thy pleasant ways, And, arm'd with patience, run With joy the' appointed race : Keep us, and every seeking soul, Till all attain the heavenly goal. There we shall meet again, When all our toils are o'er, And death, and grief, and pain, And parting are no more : We shall with all our brethren rise, And grasp thee in the flaming skies. O happy, happy day, That calls thy exiles home ! The heavens shall pass away, The earth receive its doom ; Earth we shall view, and heaven destroy'd, And shout above the flery void. 2 12" 500 For the Society at Parting. 6 These eyes shall see them fall, Mountains; and stars, and skies ! These eyes shall see them all Out of their ashes rise! These lips his praises shall rehearse. Whose nod restores the universe. 7 According- to his word, His oath to sinners given, We look to see restored The ruin'd earth and heaven ; In a new world his truth to prove, A world of righteousness and love. 8 Then let us wait the sound, That shall our souls release ; And lahour to he found Of him in spotless peace, In perfect holiness renew'd, Adorn'd with Christ, and meet for God. HYMN 537. c. m. 1 /^ OD of all consolation, take ^J The glory of thy grace ! Thy gifts to thee we render back In ceaseless songs of praise.