Wesley Corpus

Thro' Jesus alone He delivers his own, And a token doth send That his love shall direct us, and save to the end: With joy we embrace The pledge of his grace, In a moment outfly These storms of affliction, and land in the sky. After Deliverance from Temptation. Glory, honour, thanks, and praise To Jesu's conquering name! Scarcely sav'd I am by grace, Yet sav'd by grace I am; Pluck'd from the devourer's teeth, Lo! I lift my joyful eyes, From the gates of hell, and death To life eternal rise. Yes, the lion is once more Defrauded of his prey, Though he thrust at me full sore, I am not fall'n away; Satan long'd my soul to seize, Would like wheat have sifted me, Jesus pray'd, and kept me his, And his I still shall be. He from sin who saved me now, Is ready still to save: Jesus, at thy feet I bow, And strength in thee I have, Bless thee for my trials past, Trust thy constant aid to prove, All my care, my soul I cast On thy redeeming love. Page 237 Jesus, in thy saving name I stedfastly believe, All the help I humbly claim, Which thou art rais'd to give: Still into thy bosom take, O my Saviour, brother, friend, Love me for thy mercy's sake, And love me to the end. After a Deliverance from Death by the Fall of an House.55 Glory and thanks to God we give! Our sacred hairs are number'd all, Not one, we find, without his leave, Not one unto the ground can fall. How blest whom Jesus calls his own, How quiet, and secure from harms! The adversary cast us down, The Saviour caught us in his arms. 'Twas Jesus check'd his straitned chain, And curb'd the malice of our foe, Allow'd to touch our flesh with pain, No farther could the murtherer go. 'Twas Jesus rais'd our bodies up, And stronger by our fall we stand; Our life is hid with Christ our hope, Hid in the hollow of his hand. We rest in his protection here; But languish for the final day, When Christ shall in the clouds appear, And heaven and earth shall pass away. 55A manuscript precursor for this hymn appears in MS Shent, 140a-140b. Charles records the incident that is behind this hymn in his MS Journal (14 March 1744).