Wesley Corpus

Thou, Lord, beyond their reach didst bear, And sweetly hide above The objects of thy guardian care, And providential love: Thou didst the alien host defeat, And blast their vain design To slay, or shamefully intreat A messenger of thine. For this with all thy saints we praise Thy majesty and power, And tell the wonders of thy grace, 'Till time shall be no more. For this in sounds of glorious joy We shall our Saviour own, And all eternity employ In hymns around thy throne. After Preaching (in a Church).73 Jesu, accept the grateful song, My wisdom and my might, 'Tis thou hast loos'd the stammering tongue, And taught my hands to fight. 73Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Shent, 123a-124a; and MS Thirty, 100-3. Page 306 Thou, Jesus, thou my mouth hast been; The weapons of thy war, Mighty thro' thee, I pull down sin, And all thy truth declare. Not without thee, my Lord, I am Come up unto this place, Thy Spirit bad me preach thy name, And trumpet forth thy praise. Thy Spirit gave me utterance now, My soul with strength endued, Hardned to adamant my brow, And arm'd my heart with God. Thy powerful hand in all I see, Thy wondrous workings own, Glory, and strength, and praise to thee Ascribe, and thee alone. Gladly I own the promise true To all whom thou dost send, "Behold, I always am with you, Your Saviour to the end!" Amen, amen, my God and Lord, If thou art with me still, I still shall speak the gospel-word, My ministry fulfil. Thee I shall constantly proclaim, Though earth and hell oppose, Bold to confess thy glorious name Before a world of foes. Jesus the name, high over all In hell, or earth, or sky, Angels and men before it fall, And devils fear, and fly. Page 307 Jesus the name to sinners dear, The name to sinners given, It scatters all their guilty fear, And turns their hell to heaven. Balm into wounded spirits it pours, And heals the sin-sick mind; It hearing to the deaf restores, And eye-sight to the blind. Jesus the prisoner's fetters breaks, And bruises Satan's head, Power into strengthless souls it speaks, And life into the dead.