Wesley Corpus

Teach me the happy art In all things to depend On thee, who never wilt20 depart, But love me to the end. Still stir me up to strive With thee in strength divine, And every moment, Lord, revive This fainting soul of mine. 20Charles Wesley changed "wilt" to "will" in All in All (1761). Page 219 Persist to save my soul Throughout the fiery hour, 'Till I am every whit made whole, And shew forth all thy power; Thro' fire and water bring Into the wealthy place, And teach me the new song to sing, When perfected in grace. O make me all like thee, Before I hence remove; Settle, confirm, and 'stablish me, And build me up in love: Let me thy witness live, When sin is all destroy'd, And then my spotless soul receive, And take me home to God. Hymns for Believers. Hymn XVI.21 My God, I am thine, What a comfort divine, What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine! In the heavenly Lamb Thrice happy I am; My heart it doth dance to the sound of thy name. True pleasures abound In the rapturous sound; And whoever hath found it hath paradise found. My Jesus to know, And feel his blood flow, 'Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below. 21Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Cheshunt, 118-19; MS Clarke, 136; and MS Shent, 121a-121b. Page 220 Yet onward I haste To the heavenly feast; That, that is the fulness: but this is the taste. And this I shall prove, 'Till with joy I remove To the heaven of heavens of Jesus's love. Hymns for Believers. Hymn XVII.22 O Jesus, my rest, How unspeakably blest Is the sinner, that comes to be hid in thy breast! I come at thy call, At thy feet do I fall, And believe, and confess thee my God, and my all. Thou art Mary's good part, The thing needful thou art, The desire of my eyes, and the joy of my heart. My comfort and stay, My life, and my way, My crown of rejoicing in that happy day. Health, pardon, and peace In thee I possess; I can have nothing more, I will have nothing less.