Wesley Corpus

Pour'd out his cries and tears ; And, though exalted, feels afresh What every member bears. Ou2 Incarnation, $-c, of Christ. 4 He '11 never quench the smoking flax. But raise it to a flame ; The bruised reed he never breaks, Nor scorns the meanest name. 5 Then let our humble faith address His mercy and his power : We shall obtain delivering grace In the distressing hour. HYMN 647. c. it. " God is Light." 1 (~\ SUN of Righteousness, arise, ^^ With healing in thy wing ! To my diseased, my fainting soul, Life and salvation bring. 2 These clouds of pride and sin dispel, By thy all-piercing beam ; Lighten my eyes with faith, my heart With holy hope inflame. 3 My mind, by thy all-quick'ning power, From low desires set free ; Unite my scatter'd thoughts, and fix My love entire on thee. 4 Father, thy long-lost son receive ; Saviour, thy purchase own ; Blest Comforter, with peace and joy Thy new-made creature crown. 5 Eternal, undivided Lord, Co-equal One and Three, On Thee, all faith, all hope be placed All love be paid to Thee ! Hymns on the Holy Spirit. 593 HYMN 648. e. m. The Excellency of Christ's Religion. 1 ET everlasting glories crown -*-^ Thy head, my Saviour and my Lord ; Thy hands have brought salvation down, And writ the blessing in thy word. 2 In vain our trembling conscience seeks Some solid ground to rest upon ; With long despair our spirit breaks, Till we apply to Thee alone. 3 How well thy blessed truths agree ! How wise and holy thy commands ! Thy promises, how firm they be ! How firm our hope and comfort stands ! 4 Should all the forms that men devise Assault my faith with treacherous art, I 'd call them vanity and lies, And bind thy Gospel to my heart. HYMN 649. cm. Hymn to the Holy Spirit. 1 TTAIL, Holy Ghost, Jehovah, Third A X In order of the Three ; Sprung from the Father and the Word From all eternity ! 2 Thy Godhead brooding o'er the' abyss Of formless waters lay ; Spoke into order all that is, And darkness into day. d&^ Hymns on 3 In deepest hell, or heaven's height,