Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-336
Words395
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Christian Perfection Primitive Christianity Reign of God
3 Beloved for Jesu's sake, By him redeem'd of old, All nations must come in, and make One undivided fold : While gather' d in by thee, And perfected in one, They all at once thy glory see In thine eternal Son. HYMN 693. l. m. " The Spirit and the Bride say, Come." 1 TTEAD of thy Church, whose Spirit fills, *■ A And flows through every faithful soul, Unites in mystic love, and seals Them one, and sanctifies the whole : 2 " Come, Lord," thy glorious Spirit cries, And souls beneath the altar groan ; " Come, Lord," the Bride on earth replies, " And perfect all our souls in one." 3 Pour out the promised gift on all, Answer the universal, " Come !" The fulness of the Gentiles call, And take thine ancient people home. 4 To thee let all the nations flow, Let all obey the gospel word ; Let all their bleeding Saviour know, Fill'd with the glory of the Lord. 5 O for thy truth and mercy's sake, The purchase of thy passion claim ; Thine heritage the Gentiles take, And cause the world to know thy name. of Christ 631 HYMN 694. 6-8's. " For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it." 1 INTERNAL Lord of earth and skies, ■*-- * We wait thy Spirit's latest call : Bid all our fallen race arise, Thou who hast purchased life for all ; Whose only name to sinners given, Snatches from hell, and lifts to heaven. 2 The word thy sacred lips has past, The sure irrevocable word, That every soul shall bow at last, And yield allegiance to its Lord ; The kingdoms of the earth shall be For ever subjected to thee. 3 Jesus, for this we still attend, Thy kingdom in the isles to prove ; The law of sin and death to end, We wait for all the power of love, The law of perfect liberty, The law of life which is in thee. 4 O might it now from thee proceed, With thee into the souls of men ! Throughout the world thy gospel spread ; And let thy glorious Spirit reign, On all the ransom'd race bestow'd ; And let the world be fill'd with God ! HYMN 695. l. m. Psalm xlvi. 1 ET Sion in her King rejoice,