Wesley Corpus

There we shall in glory shine, Kept on earth by power divine; Power divine thro' faith receiv'd: We the promise have believ'd; Confident that Christ shall come, Make the faithful souls his home, Here in part himself reveal, Stamp us with the Spirit's seal. Page 187 This we now rejoice to know, Sorrowful howe'er we go, Exercis'd, if need require, Purg'd in the refining fire: Faith the trial shall abide, Shine, as gold, when fully tried, Glory, honour, praise receive, Which the righteous judge shall give. Him we love as yet unseen, (Flesh is interpos'd between:) Only faith's interior eye, Darkly can its Lord descry: Gladden'd by the partial sight, Swells our soul with vast delight, Glorious and unspeakable Heaven begun on earth we feel. Here the sinner that believes, Everlasting life receives, Here angelic bliss we find, Bliss, the same with theirs in kind, Only differing in degree: Lengthen'd out it soon shall be; All our heaven we then shall prove, All th' eternity of love. Page 188 The Communion of Saints. Part I. Father, Son, and Spirit, hear Faith's effectual, fervent prayer, Hear, and our petitions seal; Let us now the answer feel, Mystically one with thee, Transcript of the Trinity, Thee let all our nature own One in Three, and Three in One. If we now begin to be Partners with thy saints and thee, If we have our sins forgiven, Fellow-citizens of heaven, Still the fellowship increase, Knit us in the bond of peace, Join, our new-born spirits join Each to each, and all to thine. Build us in one body up, Call'd in one high calling's hope; One the Spirit whom we claim, One the pure baptismal flame, One the faith, and common Lord, One the Father lives, ador'd Over, thro', and in us all, God incomprehensible. Page 189 One with God, the source of bliss, Ground of our communion this; Life of all that live below, Let thy emanations flow, Rise eternal in our heart: Thou our only Eden art; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Be to us what Adam lost. Bold we ask thro' Christ the Son, Thou, O Christ, art all our own; Our exalted flesh we see To the Godhead join'd in thee: Glorious now thy heaven we share, Thou art here, and we are there, We participate of thine, Human nature of divine.