Wesley Corpus

HYMN 761. l. m. To be suns; at Sea. 1 T ORD of the wide, extensive main, -■-- ' Whose power the wind, the sea, controls, Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, Whose Spirit leads believing souls : 2 For thee we leave our native shore, (We whom thy love delights to keep,) In other climes thy works explore, And see thy wonders in the deep. Miscellaneous Hymns. 683 3 'Tis here thine unknown paths we trace, Which dark to human eyes appear ; While through the mighty waves we pass, Faith only sees that God is here. 4 Throughout the deep thy footsteps shine, We own thy way is in the sea, O'erawed by majesty divine, And lost in thy immensity. 5 Thy wisdom here we learn to' adore, Thine everlasting truth we prove ; Amazing heights of boundless power, Unfathomable depths of love. HYMN ?62 l. m. 1 INFINITE God, thy greatness spann'd A These heavens, and meted out the skies ; Lo ! in the hollow of thy hand The measured waters sink and rise ! 2 Thee to perfection who can tell ! Earth and her sons beneath thee lie, Lighter than dust within thy scale, And less than nothing in thine eye. 3 Yet, in thy Son, divinely great, We claim thy providential care ; Boldly we stand before thy seat, Our Advocate hath placed us there. 4 With him we are gone up on high, Since he is ours, and we are his ; With him we reign above the sky, We walk upon our subject seas. t>o4 Miscellaneous Hymns. 5 We boast of our recover'd powers, Lords are we of the lands and floods ; And earth, and heaven, and all is ours, And we are Christ's, and Christ is God's HYMN 763. 7's. On going on Shipboard. 1 ORD, whom winds and seas obey, J--^ Guide us through the watery way ; In the hollow of thy hand Hide, and bring us safe to land 2 Jesus, let our faithful mind Rest, on thee alone reclined ; Every anxious thought repress, Keep our souls in perfect peace. 3 Keep the souls whom now we leave, Bid them to each other cleave ; Bid them walk on life's rough sea ; Bid them come by faith to thee.