Wesley Corpus

We stedfastly believe Such power belongs to thee, Thou canst the lawful prey retrieve, And set the captives free, Page 94 Canst bring the wanderers back, So perfectly restore, That Satan never more shall shake, Shall never touch them more. O wouldst thou end the storm, That keeps us still apart; The thing impossible perform, And make us of one heart; One spirit, and one mind, The same that was in thee; O might we all again be join'd In perfect charity. Jesu, at thy command, We know it shall be done: Take the two sticks into thy hand, The two shall then be one; One body, and one fold, We then shall sweetly prove, And live in thee, like those of old, The life of spotless love. God of all power, and grace, Set up thy bloody sign, And gather those, that seek thy face, And by thy Spirit join: Thy few remaining sheep In Britain's pastures bred, United to each other keep, United to their head. The soul-transforming word In us, ev'n us fulfil: Join to thyself, our common Lord, And all thy servants seal; Confer the grace unknown, The mystic charity: As thou art with thy Father one, Unite us all in thee. Page 95 So shall the world believe Our record, Lord, and thine, And thee with thankful hearts receive The messenger divine, Sent from his throne above, To Adam's offspring given, To join, and perfect us in love, And take us all to heaven. Hymns of Intercession. Hymn VI. For a Sick Friend. See, Lord, with pity see The object of thy love, And help his soul's infirmity, And all his griefs remove, Support the tottering clay That weighs his spirit down, And lead him thro' this thorny way To that eternal crown. Yet now in life detain His soul for Sion's sake, In mercy lift him up again, And to his friends give back: In answer to our cry, Thy chosen servant raise, And send him forth to testify The gospel of thy grace. Regard thy faithful ones, Who all his burthen bear, And hear in us the earnest groans, The Spirit's silent prayer; Page 96 The prayer that oft hath stay'd The saints in their remove, And in the vale their souls delay'd, T' inhance their joy above.