Wesley Corpus

Page 189 We shall the prize receive, We shall be all renew'd, Regain thine image here, and live The sinless life of God. Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn XXXII.39 O Jesus, at thy feet we wait, 'Till thou shalt bid us rise, Restor'd to our unsinning state, To love's sweet paradise. Saviour from sin we thee receive, From all indwelling sin, Thy word, we stedfastly believe, Shall make us throughly clean. Still we continue in thy word, Our faith by works we shew, Expecting to be as our Lord, And all the truth to know. The truth that makes us free indeed, The living truth divine, The glorious fulness of our head Shall in his members shine. Lord, we believe; and wait the hour That brings the promis'd grace, When born of God we sin no more, But always see thy face. Since thou wouldst have us free from sin, And pure as those above, Make haste to bring thy nature in, And perfect us in love. 39A manuscript precursor of this hymn appears in MS Cheshunt, 147-48. Page 190 The counsel of thy love fulfil, Come quickly, gracious Lord, Be it according to thy will, According to thy word. According to our faith in thee, Let it to us be done; Oh! That we all thy face might see, And know as we are known! Oh! That the perfect gift were given, The love diffus'd abroad, Oh! That our hearts were all an heaven Forever fill'd with God! Hymns for Those that Wait for Full Redemption. Hymn XXXIII.40 Jesus comes with all his grace, Comes to save a fallen race: Object of our glorious hope, Jesus comes to lift us up. Let the living stones cry out, Let the sons of Abraham shout, Praise we all our lowly King, Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing. He hath our salvation wrought, He our captive souls hath bought; He hath reconcil'd to God, He hath wash'd us in his blood. We are now his lawful right, Walk as children of the light; We shall soon obtain the grace Pure in heart to see his face. 40Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Shent, 188a-188b; and MS Thirty, 88-89. Page 191 Free from sin we here shall live, Here the end of faith receive, The salvation of our soul, Perfectly in Christ made whole.