Wesley Corpus

Th' intolerable burden of the law, And jointly lab'ring on with zealous strife, Strengthen'd each other's hands to work for life: To turn against the world our steady face, And, valiant for the truth, enjoy disgrace. Then, when we serv'd our God thro' fear alone, Our views, our studies, and our hearts were one; No smallest difference damp'd the social flame: In Moses' school we thought, and spake the same: And must we, now in Christ, with shame confess,