Wesley Corpus

No grievous alloy Shall diminish the joy I today from my Maker receive: 'Tis my duty to praise His unspeakable grace, And exulting in Jesus to live. Thy64 Jesus alone The fountain I own Of my life and felicity here, And chearfully sing My Redeemer and King, 'Till his sign in the heavens appear. With thanks I rejoice In thy fatherly choice Of my state and condition below; If of parents I came, Who honour'd thy name, 'Twas thy wisdom appointed it so. I sing of thy grace From my earliest days Ever near to allure, and defend: Hitherto thou hast been My preserver from sin, And I know thou wilt save to the end. 64"Thy" changed to "Thee" in All in All (1761). Page 258 Oh! The infinite cares, And temptations, and snares Thy hand hath conducted me thro'! Oh! The blessings bestow'd By a bountiful God, And the mercies eternally new! What a mercy is this, What an heaven of bliss! How unspeakably happy am I, Gather'd into the fold, With thy people inroll'd, With thy people to live, and to die! How rich in the friends Thy providence sends To help my infirmity on! What a number I see, Who could suffer for me, And ransom my life with their own! Oh! The goodness of God Imploying a clod His tribute of glory to raise! His standard to bear, And with triumph declare His unsearchable riches of grace! Oh! The fathomless love, That has deign'd to approve, And prosper the work of my hands! With my pastoral crook I went over the brook, And behold! I am spread into bands. Who, I ask, in amaze, Hath begotten me these? And inquire, from what quarter they came? Page 259 My full heart it replies They are born from the skies, And gives glory to God, and the Lamb. All honour, and praise To the Father of grace, To the Spirit, and Son I return, The business pursue He hath made me to do, And rejoice, that I ever was born. In a rapture of joy My life I employ, The God of my life to proclaim: 'Tis worth living for this, To administer bliss, And salvation in Jesus's name.