A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-308 |
| Words | 387 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
Nor human hearts can e'er conceive
The bliss wherein through Christ they live ;
But all your heaven, ye glorious powers,
And all your God, is doubly ours !
0/4 Incarnation,
2%e Living Way opened,
1 T ESUS, to thee we fly,
J On thee for help rely :
Thou our only refuge art,
Thou dost all our fears control,
Rest of every troubled heart,
Life of every dying soul.
2 We lift our joyful eyes,
And see the dazzling prize,
See the purchase of thy blood,
Freely now to sinners given ;
Thou the living way hast show'd,
Thou to us hast open'd heaven.
3 We now, divinely bold,
Of thy reward lay hold :
All thy glorious joy is ours,
All the treasures of thy love ;
Now we taste the heavenly powers,
Now we reign with thee above.
4 Our anchor sure and fast
Within the veil is cast ;
Stands our never-failing hope
Grounded in the holy place ;
We shall after thee mount up,
See the Godhead face to face.
5 By faith already there,
In thee our Head, we are ;
With our great Forerunner we
Now in heavenly places sit,
Banquet with the Deity,
See the world beneath our feet.
Sufferings, fyc* of Christ. o7b
(5 Thou art our flesh and bone,
Thou art to heaven gone ;
Gone, that we might all pursue,
Closely in thy footsteps tread ;
Gone, that we might follow too,
Reign triumphant with our Head.
Priesthood of Christ.
1 T^NTER'D the holy place above,
-■-- d Cover'd with meritorious scars,
The tokens of his dying love,
Our great High-Priest in glory bears ;
He pleads his passion on the tree,
He shows himself to God for me.
2 Before the throne my Saviour stands,
My Friend and Advocate appears ;
My name is graven on his hands,
And him the Father always hears ;
While low at Jesu's cross I bow,
He hears the blood of sprinkling now.
3 This instant now I may receive
The answer of his powerful prayer :
This instant now by him I live,
His prevalence with God declare ;
And soon my spirit, in his hands,
Sball stand where my Forerunner stands
HYMN 628. c. m.
The Resurrection of Christ.
1 VTE humble souls, that seek the Lord,