Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-364
Words386
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Assurance Christology
4 Save, till all these tempests end, All who on thy love depend ; Waft our happy spirits o'er ; Land us on the heavenly shore. HYMN 764. 7's Sr 6's. Another, 1 ORD of earth, and air, and sea, -1-- A Supreme in power and grace, Under thy protection, we Our souls and bodies place. Bold an unknown land to try, We launch into the foaming deep ; Rocks, and storms, and deaths defv, With Jesus in the ship. Miscellaneous Hymns. 685 2 Who the calm can understand, In a believer's breast ? In the hollow of his hand Our souls securely rest : Winds may rise, and seas may roar, We on his love our spirits stay : Him with quiet joy adore, Whom winds and seas obey. HYMN 765. c. m. The Traveller's Hymn. 1 TTOW are thy servants blest, O Lord ! -*- ■*■ How sure is their defence ! Eternal Wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence. 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, Supported by thy care, Through burning climes they pass unhurt, And breathe in tainted air. 3 When by the dreadful tempest borne High on the broken wave, They know thou art not slow to hear. Nor impotent to save. 4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, Obedient to thy will ; The sea, that roars at thy command, At thy command is still. 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths, Thy goodness we'll adore; We '11 praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. 6 Our life, while thou preserv'st that life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, when death shall be our lot, Shall join our souls to thee Oob Miscellaneous Hymns. HYMN 766. 6-8's. JVatch-Night. 1 TTOW many pass the guilty night ■*- ■*- In revellings and frantic mirth ! The creature is their sole delight, Their happiness the things of earth : For us suffice the season past ; We choose the better part at last. 2 We will not close our wakeful eyes, We will not let our eyelids sleep, But humbly lift them to the skies, And all a solemn vigil keep : So many years on sin bestow'd, Can we not watch one night for God ? 3 We can, O Jesus, for thy sake,