Wesley Corpus

Husband of thy church below, Christ, if thee our Lord we know, Unto thee betroth'd in love, Always faithful let us prove: Never rob thee of our heart, Never give the creature part; Only thou possess the whole, Take my body, spirit, soul. Stedfast let us cleave to thee, Love the mystic union be, Union to the world unknown, Join'd to God, in spirit one. Wait we 'till the Spouse shall come, 'Till the Lamb shall take us home, For his heaven the bride prepare, Solemnize our nuptials there. Hymn XL.60 Christ, our head, gone up on high, Be thou in thy Spirit nigh, Advocate with God, give ear To thine own effectual prayer: 60First appeared in HSP (1740), 192-94. Page 41 Hear the sounds, thou once didst breathe, In thy days of flesh beneath, Now, O Jesu, let them be Strongly echo'd back to thee. We, O Christ, have thee receiv'd, We the gospel-word believ'd, Justly then we claim a share In thine everlasting prayer. One the Father is with thee; Knit us in like unity; Make us, O uniting Son, One, as thou and he are one. If thy love to us hath given All the glories of his heaven, (From eternity thine own, Glory here in grace begun.) Let us now the gift receive, By the vital union live, Join'd to God, and perfect be, Mystically one in thee. Let it hence to all be known, Thou art with thy Father one, One with him in us be shew'd, Very God of very God. Sent our spirits to unite, Sent to make us sons of light, Sent that we his grace may prove, All the riches of his love. Thee he lov'd ere time begun, Thee the co-eternal Son; He hath to thy merit given Us, th' adopted heirs of heaven. Thou hast will'd that we should rise, See thy glory in the skies, Page 42 See thee by all heaven ador'd, Be for ever with our Lord. Thou the Father seest alone, Thou to us hast made him known; Sent from him we know thou art, We have found thee in our heart: Thou the Father hast declar'd; He is here our great reward, Ours his nature and his name; Thou art ours, with him the same.