Wesley Corpus

Answer their challenge, Lord, Thy witnesses call forth, Send out the quick'ning word Renew the face of earth: Now the new heavens and earth create, Restore us to our first estate. Lay to thy mighty hand, The work is worthy thee, A world of foes withstand, And say, It cannot be! We cannot full redemption have, Thou canst not to the utmost save. Arise, O jealous God, Come quickly from above, Thy law they have destroy'd, Thy holy law of love, Thy perfect law of liberty, The law of life, which is in thee. Eternal God, come down With thy victorious cross, 80First appeared in HSP (1742), 268-71; stanzas 1-5, 7-8, 12-13, 15-16. Page 57 Thy genuine gospel own, Maintain thy righteous cause, No longer let thy foes blaspheme, Come, Jesu, mighty to redeem! Thy controversy, Lord, Do thou thyself decide, And let thy faithful word Be to the utmost try'd; To thee we make our bold appeal, Declare the counsel of thy will. The acceptable year Of Jesus is at hand: Pris'ners of hope appear, Go forth at his command, And shew yourselves from sin set free, The Spirit's cry is, Liberty! We surely shall obtain (When Jesus enters in) A liberty from pain, A liberty from sin: We then shall more than conqu'rors be, The Spirit's cry is, Liberty! The sin-atoning blood Its full effect shall have, Whom it hath brought to God, It inwardly shall save, From all iniquity release, And 'stablish us in perfect peace. The holy one shall live, And in our hearts abide, To us a portion give Among the sanctified; We all shall say the work is done, We all are perfected in one. Page 58 Hymn LVII.81 Father of all, whose powerful voice Call'd forth this universal frame, Whose mercies over all rejoice, Thro' endless ages still the same; Thou by thy word upholdest all; Thy bounteous love to all is shew'd, Thou hear'st thy every creature's call, And fillest every mouth with good. In heaven thou reign'st enthron'd in light, Nature's expanse beneath thee spread, Earth, air, and sea before thy sight, And hell's deep gloom are open laid: Wisdom, and might, and love are thine, Prostrate before thy face we fall, Confess thine attributes divine, And hail thee Sovereign Lord of all.