Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-308
Words387
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Christology Repentance
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,