Wesley Corpus

The helmet of salvation take, The Lord's, the Spirit's conqu'ring sword, Speak from the word in lightning speak, Cry out, and thunder from the word. Champion of God, thy Lord proclaim, Jesus alone resolv'd to know; Tread down thy foes in Jesu's name: Go conqu'ring, and to conquer go. Thro' racks and fires pursue thy way, Be mindful of a dying God; Finish thy course, and win the day: Look up and seal the truth with blood. Page 31 A Hymn, to Be Sung at Sea. Lord of the wide-extended main, Whose power the winds and seas controuls, Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, Whose Spirit leads believing souls; For thee we leave our native shore, (We, whom thy love delights to keep) In other worlds, thy works explore, And see thy wonders in the deep. 'Tis here thy unknown paths we trace, Which dark to human eyes appear, While through the mighty waves we pass, Faith only sees that God is here. Throughout the deep thy footsteps shine, We own thy way is in the sea, O'er-aw'd by majesty divine, And lost in thy immensity! Thy wisdom here we learn t' adore, Thy everlasting truth we prove, Amazing heights of boundless power, Unfathomable depths of love. Page 32 Infinite God, thy greatness spann'd These heavens, and meted out the skies, Lo! In the hollow of thy hand, The measur'd waters sink and rise! Thee to perfection who can tell? Earth, and her sons beneath thee lie Lighter than dust within thy scale, Less than nothing in thine eye. Yet in thy Son divinely great, We claim thy providential care. Boldly we stand before thy seat, Our Advocate hath placed us there. With him we are gone up on high, Since he is ours, and we are his; With him we reign above the sky, Yet walk upon our subject seas. We boast of our recover'd pow'rs, Lords are we of the lands, and floods, And earth, and heaven, and all is ours, And we are Christ's, and Christ is God's! In a Storm. Glory to thee, whose powerful word, Bids the tempestuous wind arise, Glory to thee, the sovereign Lord Of air, and earth, and seas, and skies! Page 33 Let air, and earth, and skies obey, And seas thy awful will perform: From them we learn to own thy sway, And shout to meet the gathering storm.