Wesley Corpus

Touching this thing we all agree, Father, to ask in Jesu's name, That each his true estate may see: In faith we now the promise claim; Now, now for Jesu's sake reveal Our inward heaven, or inward hell. Send forth thy pure, unerring light, Jesus, the truth, the life, the way, And guide our helpless spirits right, That all may see thy perfect day, May all thy glorious fulness prove, The27 depth of everlasting love. Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn XXII.28 Another "For any who think they have already attained." cf. Philippians iii. 12. Come, thou omniscient Son of man, Display thy sifting power; Come with the winnowing Spirit's fan, And throughly purge the floor. 27Charles Wesley changed "The" to "Thy" in All in All (1761). 28Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Clarke, 213-14; and MS Shent, 89a-89b. Page 174 The chaff of sin, th' accursed thing Far from our souls be driven; The wheat into thy garner bring, And lay us up for heaven. Now let us by thy word be tried, Search out our reins and heart, Spirit, and soul, O Lord, divide, And joints and marrow part. Look thro' us with thine eyes of flame, The clouds and darkness chase; And shew me what by sin I am, And what I am by grace. We would not of ourselves29 conceive Above what thou hast done; But still to thee the matter leave, 'Till thou shalt make it known. We would not, Lord, ourselves conceal, But walk in open day; We pray thee, all our sin reveal, And purge it all away. Whate'er offends thy glorious eyes Far from our hearts remove, As dust before the whirlwind flies, Disperse it by thy love. Then let us all thy fulness know, From every sin set free: Sav'd, to the utmost sav'd below, And perfectly like thee. 29Ori., "of our ourselves"; corrected in 2nd edn. (1756). Page 175 Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn XXIII.30 Philippians iii. 13. Come, let us who to Christ are join'd, Forgetting still the things behind, This only thing persist to do, Our calling's glorious prize pursue. Our works, and gifts, and graces past, All, all behind our back be cast, This, only this remembred be, Jesus hath died for us; for me.