Wesley Corpus

V_T When storms of sharp distress invade ; Ere we can offer our complaints, Behold him present with his aid ! 2 Let mountains from their seats be huiTd Down to the deep, and buried there, -- Convulsions shake the solid world, -- Our faith shall never yield to fear. 3 Loud may the troubled ocean roar ; In sacred peace our souls abide ; £>lo The Experience, §t., While every nation, every shore, Trembles, and dreads the swelling tide. 4 There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God ; Life, love, and joy still gliding through, And watering our divine abode. 5 This sacred stream, thy vital word, Thus all our raging fear controls : Sweet peace thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls. 6 Sion enjoys her Monarch's love, Secure against the threat'ning hour ; Nor can her firm foundation move, Built on His faithfulness and power. HYMN 679. c. m. Psalm xxiii. 1 A /TY Shepherd will supply my need, -i-* J- Jehovah is his name ; In pastures fresh he makes me feed, Beside the living stream. 2 He brings my wandering spirit back, When I forsake his ways ; And leads me, for his mercy's sake, In paths of truth and grace. 3 When I walk through the shades of death, Thy presence is my stay : A word of thy supporting breath Drives all my fears away. 4 Thy hand, in sight of all my foes, Doth now my table spread : My cup with blessings overflows, Thine oil anoints my head. of Believers. 0 1 *? 5 The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days : O may thine house be mine abode, And all my work be praise ! HYMN 680. c. m. " The greatest of these is Charity? 1 TTAPPY the heart where graces reign, JL A Where love inspires the breast : Love is the brightest of the train, And perfects all the rest. 2 Knowledge, alas ! 'tis all in vain, And all in vain our fear : Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, If love be absent there. 3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet In swift obedience move : The devils know, and tremble too ; But Satan cannot love. 4 This is the grace that lives and sings,