Wesley Corpus

Lord, how happy is a heart After thee while it aspires! True and faithful as thou art, Thou shalt answer its desires: It shall see the glorious scene Of thine everlasting reign. Hymn III.5 Being of beings, God of love, To thee our hearts we raise; Thy all-sustaining pow'r we prove, And gladly sing thy praise. Thine, wholly thine we pant to be, Our sacrifice receive; Made and preserv'd, and sav'd by thee, To thee ourselves we give. Heav'nward our ev'ry wish aspires For all thy mercy's store: The sole return thy love requires, Is that we ask for more. For more we ask, we open then Our hearts t' embrace thy will: Turn and beget us, Lord, again, With all thy fulness fill! 5First appeared in HSP (1739), 36-37. Page 4 Come, Holy Ghost, the Saviour's love Shed in our hearts abroad; So shall we ever live and move, And be, with Christ, in God. Hymn IV.6 Father, I want a thankful heart; I want to taste how good thou art, To plunge me in thy mercy's sea, And comprehend thy love to me; The breadth, and length, and depth, and height Of love divinely infinite. Father, I long my soul to raise, And dwell for ever on thy praise, Thy praise with glorious joy to tell, In extasy unspeakable; While the full power of faith I know, And reign triumphant here below. Hymn V.7 Still let thy wisdom be my guide, Nor take thy light from me away; Still with me let thy grace abide, That I from thee may never stray: Let thy word richly in me dwell; Thy peace and love my portion be, My joy t' endure and do thy will 'Till perfect I am found in thee. Arm me with thy whole armour, Lord, Support my weakness with thy might: Gird on my thigh thy conqu'ring sword, And shield me in the threat'ning fight: 6This is an extract from HSP (1739), 86; stanzas 7-8. 7Source: Wolfgang Dessler. This is an extract from HSP (1739), 100; stanzas 5-6. Page 5 From faith to faith from grace to grace, So in thy strength shall I go on, 'Till heaven and earth flee from thy face, And glory end what grace begun. Hymn VI.8