Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-274
Words397
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Christology Communion Means of Grace
3 O that our faith may never move, But stand unshaken as thy love ! Sure evidence of things unseen, Now let it pass the years between, And view thee bleeding on the tree, My God, who dies for me, for me ! Additional Hymns. oOf) For the Lord's Supper. HYMN 546. s. m. 1 /^OME, all who truly bear ^-^ The Name of Christ your Lord, His last mysterious supper share, And keep his kindest word. Hereby your faith approve In Jesus crucified : " In memory of my dying love, Do this," -- he said, -- and died. 2 The badge and token this, The sure confirming seal, That he is ours, and we are his, The servants of his will ; His dear peculiar ones, The purchase of his blood ; His blood which once for all atones, And brings us now to God. 3 Then let us still profess Our Master's honour' d name ; Stand forth his faithful witnesses, True followers of the Lamb. In proof that such we are, His saying we receive, And thus to all mankind declare We do in Christ believe. 4 Part of his church below, We thus our right maintain ; Our living membership we show, And in the fold remain, -- The sheep of Israel's fold, In England's pastures fed ; And fellowship with all we hold, Who hold it with our Head. « Oil) Additional Hymns. 1 /^OME, thou everlasting Spirit, V-> Bring to every thankful mind All the Saviour's dying merit, All his sufferings for mankind ! True recorder of his passion, Now the living faith impart ; Now reveal his great salvation ; Preach his gospel to our heart. 2 Come, thou Witness of his dying ; Come, Remembrancer divine ! Let us feel thy power, applying Christ to every soul, -- and mine ! Let us groan thine inward groaning ; Look on him we pierced, and grieve ; All receive the grace atoning, All the sprinkled blood receive. HYMN 548. TsfyVs. 1 AMB of God, whose bleeding love J-- ' We now recall to mind, Send the answer from above, And let us mercy find ; Think on us, who think on thee ; And every struggling soul release ; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace ! 2 By thine agonizing pain And bloody sweat, we pray,