Wesley Corpus

Page 8 11Nativity Hymns ori., "full." 12This hymn included later in HSP (1749), 1:87-88. Manuscript precursors of the hymn appear in MS Cheshunt, 116-18; MS Clarke, 134-35; and MS Shent, 120a-120b. Then let us believe, And gladly receive The tidings they bring, Who publish to sinners their Saviour and King. And while we are here, Our King shall appear, His Spirit impart, And form his whole11 image of love in our heart. Hymn IV. On the Crucifixion.12 All ye that pass by, To Jesus draw nigh; To you is it nothing that Jesus should die? Your ransom and peace, Your surety he is: Come, see if there ever was sorrow like his! () Page 9 13"Our" changed to "Your" in HSP (1749). For what you have done His blood must atone; The Father hath punish'd for you his dear Son. The Lord, in the day Of his anger, did lay Our13 sins on the Lamb; and he bore them away. He answer'd for all: O come at his call, And low at his cross with astonishment fall. But lift up your eyes At Jesus's cries; Impassive, he suffers; immortal, he dies. He dies to atone For sins not his own: Your debt he hath paid, and your work he hath done. Ye all may receive The peace he did leave, Who made intercession, "My Father, forgive!" Page 10 For you and for me He pray'd on the tree: The pray'r is accepted, the sinner is free. The sinner am I, Who on Jesus rely, And come for the pardon God cannot deny. My pardon I claim, For a sinner I am, A sinner believing in Jesus's name. He purchas'd the grace Which now I embrace: O Father, thou know'st he hath dy'd in my place. His death is my plea; My Advocate see, And hear the blood speak, that hath answer'd for me. Acquitted I was, When he bled on the cross; And by losing his life, he hath carry'd my cause. Page 11 14First appeared in HLS (1745), 15 (20). 15HLS (1745) ori., "We thus." Hymn V. On the Crucifixion.14 Lamb of God, whose bleeding love We now15 recall to mind, Send the answer from above, And let us mercy find; Think on us who think on thee, And every struggling soul release: O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace. ()