Wesley Corpus

O that I at last may stand With the sheep at thy right-hand, Take the crown so freely given, Enter in by thee to heaven! Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn V.3 Jesu, my hope, my joy, my rest, Indulge me in this one request, Thou know'st what I would say, 3Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Cheshunt, 61-62; MS Clarke, 68-69; and MS Shent, 127a-127b. Page 153 My every want to thee is known, Thou hear'st th' unutterable groan, Thou hear'st thy Spirit pray. Give me the thing thou long'st to give, The thing for which thou here didst live A life of grief and pain; Give me the dearly-purchas'd good, Bought with thy heart's last drop of blood, Nor live, nor die in vain. Give me what God to thee did give, The grace thou didst for me receive, When all thy pangs were o'er; Send down thy Spirit from above, Spirit of power, and health, and love, And let me sin no more. I ask nor joy, nor life, nor ease, I ask not earthly happiness, But purity within; On others, Lord, those gifts bestow, But let me cease from sin below, But let me cease from sin. Hasten to grant my sole request, Take me into that second rest, That glorious liberty, And let me then my soul resign, Receiv'd into the arms divine, Forever lost in thee. Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn VI. "Sun stand thou still upon Gibeon." Joshua x. 12. Arm of the Lord, awake, arise, And save a soul that hangs on thee, Page 154 Put on thy strength, and bow the skies, And work thy antient work in me, Thy grace miraculous display, The rapid course of nature stay. My Joshua, bid the sun stand still, Suspend the storm in mid career, Arrest the torrent of my will, Restrain me from the sin I fear, The power of loving faith impart, And fix my poor unsettled heart.