Wesley Corpus

Hail, Jesus, hail, our great high-priest, Enter'd into thy glorious rest, That holy happy place above! Thou hast the conquest more than gain'd, The everlasting bliss obtain'd For all who trust thy dying love. Page 8 The blood of goats and bullocks slain Could never purge our guilty stain, Could never for our sins atone; But thou thine own most precious blood Hast spilt to quench the wrath of God, Hast sav'd us by thy blood alone. Shed on the altar of thy cross, Thy blood to God presented was Thro' the eternal Spirit's power: Thou didst a spotless victim, bleed, That we from sin and suffering freed Might live to God, and sin no more. That we the promise might receive, Might soon with thee in glory live, Thou stand'st before thy Father now! For us thou dost in heaven appear, Our surety, head, and harbinger, Our Saviour to the utmost thou. Not without blood thou pray'st above: The marks of thy expiring love God on thy hands engraven sees! He hears thy blood for mercy cry, And sends his Spirit from the sky, And seals our everlasting peace. Thankful we now the earnest take, The pledge thou wilt at last come back Page 9 And openly thy servants own; To us, who long to see thee here, Thou shalt a second time appear, And bear us to thy glorious throne. Hymn V. John xiv. 1, 2, 3. Jesus, we long to know thy name, To-day, as yesterday the same Our Lord and Saviour be, That comfort of the troubled heart That gift unspeakable impart, That faith which is in thee. Surely we do in God believe; Yet O! We still must fear and grieve Till thou the secret tell, The end of thy departure shew, The heaven-insuring faith bestow, And all thy love reveal. Us by thy Spirit certify, That we, e'en we shall in the sky Our happy mansions find, There is thy Father's house above, Celestial thrones of glorious love For us, and all mankind. Art thou not our forerunner gone To claim the kingdom for thine own, Page 10 Thro' thee to all men given, To challenge and prepare a place For us, and every child of grace And write our names in heaven?