Wesley Corpus

Page 105 Thy dying in my body bear, And all thy state of passion share. Thy every perfect servant, Lord, Shall as his patient master be, To all thine inward life restor'd, And outwardly conform'd to thee, Out of thy grave the saint shall rise, And grasp thro' death the glorious prize. This is the streight, and royal way, That leads us to the courts above; Here let me ever, ever stay, Till on the wings of perfect love, I take my last triumphant flight, From Calvary's136 to Sion's height. Hymn CII.137 Master, I own thy lawful claim, Thine, wholly thine I long to be, Thou seest at last I willing am, Where'er thou go'est to follow thee, Myself in all things to deny; Thine wholly, thine to live and die. Whate'er my sinful flesh requires, For thee I chearfully forego, My covetous and vain desires, My hopes of happiness below, My senses, and my passion's food, And all my lust of creature-good. Pleasure, and wealth, and praise no more Shall lead my captive soul astray, My fond pursuits I all give o'er, Thee, only thee resolv'd t' obey, My own, in all things to resign, And know no other will than thine. 136Ori., "Calvery's"; a misprint. Corrected in All in All (1765). 137First appeared in HSP (1749), 2:19-21; stanzas 1-4, 10-11. Page 106 Reason, blind leader of the blind, No more my sinking soul shall stay, The wisdom of the carnal mind That broken reed I cast away, And stand by trusting in thy might, And follow thy unerring light. All power is thine in earth and heaven, All fulness dwells in thee alone; Whate'er I had was freely given, Nothing but sin I call my own, Other propriety disclaim, Thou only art the great I AM. Wherefore to thee I all resign, Being thou art, and good, and power, Thy only will be done, not mine; Thee, Lord, let earth and heaven adore, Flow back the rivers to their sea, And let our all be lost in thee. Hymn CIII.138 Thee, Jesus, full of truth and grace, Our Saviour we adore, Thee in affliction's furnace praise, And magnify thy power. Thy power in human weakness shewn, Shall make us all entire: We now thy guardian presence own, And walk unburnt in fire.