Wesley Corpus

Give glory to Jesus our head, With all that incompass his throne! A widow, a widow indeed, A mother in Israel is gone: The winter of trouble is past, The storms of affliction are o'er, Her struggle is ended at last, And sorrow and death are no more. The soul hath o'ertaken her mate, And caught him again in the sky, Advanc'd to her happy estate, And pleasure that never shall die, Where glorified spirits by sight Converse in their holy abode, As stars in the firmament bright, And pure as the angels of God. Page 216 Inflam'd with seraphical love, Combin'd in a manner unknown, Not given in marriage above, Or given to Jesus alone, The just, who admitted by grace That first resurrection attain, With rapture each other embrace, And one with the deity reign. O heaven! What a triumph is there, While all in his praises agree, His beautiful character bear, And shine with the glory they see! The glory of God and the Lamb (While all in the extasy join) Darts into their spiritual frame, And gives the enjoyment divine. In loud hallelujahs they sing, And harmony ecchoes his praise, When lo! The celestial King Pours out the full light of his face! The joy neither angel nor saint Can bear so ineffably great, But see! The whole company faint, And heaven is found at his feet! Hymns for Widows. Hymn XX. On the Death of Mrs. Anne Jenkins. Happy soul, enjoy thy gain, Thy greatest gain to die, From our vale of grief, and pain, Remov'd to worlds on high, Page 217 Thou the glorious fight hast won, Ended well the doubtful race, All th' allotted service done: Thy works shall speak thy praise. Ever careful to abound In fruits of righteousness, Still thou labour'dst to be found In God's appointed ways, Walking on with Christ in white, Virtues thy companions were, Praise thy permanent delight, And all thy business prayer. True to thy great Master thou, And zealous for his cause, Simply didst thy faith avow, And glory in his cross; By the loving Spirit led,51 By the sayings of thy Lord, Thou in all his steps didst tread, And keep his written word.