Wesley Corpus

Dignified with worth divine Let us in thine image shine, High in heavenly places sit, See the moon beneath our feet. Far above created things, Look we down on earthly kings, Taste our glorious liberty, Find our happy all in thee. Hymn LXIX.96 Ye heavens rejoice in Jesus's97 grace, Let earth make a noise and echo his praise! Our all-loving Saviour hath pacified God, And paid for his favour the price of his blood. Ye mountains and vales in praises abound, Ye hills and ye dales continue the sound, Break forth into singing ye trees of the wood, For Jesus is bringing lost sinners to God. Atonement he made for every one, The debt he hath paid, the work he hath done, Shout all the creation below and above, Ascribing salvation to Jesus's love. His mercy hath brought salvation to all, Who take it unbought! He frees them from thrall, Throughout the believer his glory displays, And perfects for ever the vessels of grace. 96First appeared in Redemption Hymns (1747), 29-30. 97Ori., "Jesu's"; which throws off the metre. Restored to Redemption Hymns (1747) reading in All in All Page 71 Hymn LXX.98 Rejoice evermore99 with angels above, In Jesus's power, in Jesus's love, With glad exultation your triumph proclaim, Ascribing salvation to God and the Lamb. Thou, Lord, our relief in trouble hast been, Hast sav'd us from grief, hast sav'd us from sin, The power of thy Spirit hath set our hearts free, And now we inherit all fulness in thee. All fulness of peace, all fulness of joy, And spiritual bliss that never shall cloy; To us it is given in Jesus to know A kingdom of heaven, an heaven below. No longer we join, while sinners invite, Or envy the swine their brutish delight: Their joy is all sadness, their mirth is all vain, Their laughter is madness, their pleasure is pain. O might they at last with sorrow return, The pleasures to taste for which they were born, Our Jesus receiving, our happiness prove, The joy of believing, the heaven of love. Hymn LXXI.100