Wesley Corpus

What thou dost I know not now, But my soul on thee I cast, To thy secret counsel bow, Sure to know the whole at last, Page 24 Sure thine utmost grace to know, Sure to prove thine utmost will, Throughly sanctified below, Caught up to thy heavenly hill. The Last Wish. To do, or not to do; to have, Or not to have, I leave to thee: To be, or not to be, I leave: Thy only will be done in me: All my requests are lost in one, Father, thy only will be done. Suffice that for the season past Myself in things divine11 I sought, For comforts cried with eager haste,12 And murmur'd that I found them not: I leave it now to thee alone, Father, thy only will be done. Thy gifts I clamour for13 no more, Or selfishly thy grace14 require An evil heart to varnish o'er; Jesus the giver I desire, After the flesh15 no longer known: Father, thy only will be done. Welcome alike the crown or cross; Trouble I cannot ask, nor peace,16 Nor toil, nor rest, nor gain, nor loss, Nor joy, nor grief, nor pain, nor ease,17 Nor life, nor death; but ever groan, Father, thy only will be done. 10Ori., "XVII"; corrected in 2nd edn. (1756). 11John Wesley underlined "Myself in things divine" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756), placing a "Q" in the margin. 12John Wesley underlined "with eager haste" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). 13John Wesley underlined "clamour for" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). 14John Wesley underlined "selfishly thy grace" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). 15John Wesley underlined "After the flesh" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). 16John Wesley underlined "nor peace" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). 17John Wesley underlined "nor joy" and "nor ease" in his personal copy of the 2nd edn. (1756). Page 25 Rock of everlasting love, Into thy clefts I flee, Never, never to remove I build my house on thee; On thy dying love I stand, Hear thy words, and keep them too, Duteous to thy kind command, By works my faith I shew.