Wesley Corpus

Fix on His work thy steadfast eye, So shall thy work be done. 4 No profit canst thou gain By self-consuming care ; To him commend thy cause, his ear Attends the softest prayer. 5 Thy everlasting truth, Father, thy ceaseless love, Sees all thy children's wants, and knows What best for each will prove. 6 Thou everywhere hast sway, And all things serve thy might ; Thy every act pure blessing is, Thy path unsullied light. 014 The Experience, Sfc., 7 When thou arisest, Lord, What shall thy work withstand ? Whate'er thy children want, thou giv'st; And who shall stay thy hand ? HYMN 674. s. m. 1 /^ IVE to the winds thy fears ; ^J Hope, and be undismay'd : God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears ; God shall lift up thy head. 2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms, He gently clears thy way : Wait thou his time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day. 3 Still heavy is thy heart ? Still sink thy spirits down ? Cast off the weight, let fear depart, Bid every care be gone. 4 What, though thou rulest not ? Yet heaven, and earth, and hell Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne, And ruleth all things well ! 5 Leave to his sovereign sway To choose and to command ; So shalt thou wondering own his way, How wise, how strong his hand ! (> Far, far above thy thought His counsel shall appear, When fully he the work hath wrought That caused thy needless fear. 7 Thou seest our weakness, Lord, Our hearts are known to thee ; O lift thou up the sinking hand, Confirm the feeble knee! of Believers . fi\5 8 Let us in life, in death, Thy steadfast truth declare, And publish with our latest breath Thy love and guardian care. HYMN 675. s. m. The same. 1 A WAY, my needless fears, -£"*- And doubts no longer mine ; A ray of heavenly light appears, A messenger divine. 2 Thrice comfortable hope, That calms my troubled breast ; My Father's hand prepares the cup, And what He wills is best. 3 If what I wish is good, And suits the will divine ; By earth and hell in vain withstood, I know it shall be mine. 4 Still let them counsel take To frustrate his decree,