A Collection of Hymns (1780)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1780 |
| Passage ID | cw-hymns-1780-321 |
| Words | 385 |
| Source | https://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html |
Where thou dost in glory reign
Stoop, in condescending grace,
Stoop to the poor heart of man
600 Hymns on the Holy Spirit.
2 For thee our hearts we lift,
And wait the heavenly gift :
Giver, Lord of life divine,
To our dying souls appear,
Grant the grace for which we pine,
Give thyself, the Comforter.
3 Our ruin'd souls repair,
And fix thy mansion there :
Claim us for thy constant shrine,
All thy glorious self reveal,
Life, and power, and love divine,
God in us for ever dwell.
HYMN 658. 6-J's.
The same.
1 T^ATHER, glorify thy Son ;
■*- Answering his all-powerful prayer.
Send that Intercessor down,
Send that other Comforter,
Whom believingly we claim,
Whom we ask in Jesu's name.
2 Then by faith we know and feel
Him, the Spirit of truth and grace:
With us he vouchsafes to dwell,
With us while unseen he stays :
All our help and good, we own,
Freely flows from him alone.
3 Wilt thou not the promise seal,
Good and faithful as thou art,
Send the Comforter to dwell
Every moment in our heart ?
Yes, thou must the grace bestow ;
Truth hath said it shall be so.
HYMN 659. i M.
Psalm li.
1 f\ THOU that hear'st when sinners cry,
^-^ Though all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold me not with angry look,
But blot their memory from thy book
2 Create my nature pure within,
And form my soul averse from sin ;
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart,
Nor hide thy presence from my heart.
3 I cannot live without thy light,
Cast out and banish'd from thy sight :
Thy saving strength, O Lord, restore,
And guard me that I fall no more.
4 Though I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord,
His help and comfort still afford ;
And let a wretch come near thy throne,
To plead the merits of thy Son.
5 My soul lies humbled in the dust,
And owns thy dreadful sentence just :
Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye,
And save the soul condemn'd to die.
6 Then will I teach the world thy ways ;
Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace ;
I '11 lead them to my Saviour's blood,
And they shall praise a pardoning God.