Wesley Corpus

Here I rejoice to bless thy name, Thy goodness here I live to see: The grave cannot thy praise proclaim, The dead can call no souls to thee. The living, he shall praise thy love; The living, he thy truth shall own, As I this day delight to prove, And make thy faithful mercies known. Let future times thy name confess In which I sure salvation have, And learn from me their God to bless, So ready, and so strong to save. The Lord hath sav'd my soul from death, Then let us sing my grateful songs, And render with our latest breath The praise that to my Lord belongs. Receiving a Christian Friend. Welcome friend, in that great name, Whence our every blessing flows! Enter, and increase the flame Which in all our bosoms glows. Sent of God, we thee receive: Hail the providential guest! If in Jesus we believe, Let us on his mercies feast. Page 157 Jesus is our common Lord, He our loving Saviour is, By his death to life restor'd, Misery we exchange for bliss: Bliss to carnal minds unknown, O! 'Tis more than tongue47 can tell, Only to believers known, Glorious, and unspeakable! Christ, our brother, and our friend, Shews us his eternal love; Never let our triumphs end, Till we join the host above. Let us walk with Christ in white, For our bridal-day prepare, For our partnership in light, For our glorious meeting there! The Salutation. Peace be on this house bestow'd, Peace on all that here reside! Let the unknown peace of God With the man of peace abide! Let the Spirit now come down, Let the blessing now take place! Son of peace, receive thy crown, Fulness of the gospel-grace. Christ, my Master, and my Lord, Let me thy forerunner be, O be mindful of thy word, Visit them, and visit me: To this house, and all herein, Now let thy salvation come, Save our souls from inbred sin, Make them thine eternal home. 47Charles Wesley changed "tongue" to "tongues" in All in All (1761). Page 158 Let us never, never rest Till the promise is fulfil'd, Till we are of thee possest, Wash'd, and sanctified, and seal'd: Till we all in love renew'd, Find the pearl that Adam lost, Temples of the living God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. At the Meeting of Christian Friends.