Wesley Corpus

His suit is my own; Myself I bemoan, And doubly distrest for the Comforter groan, 'Till in us he reside, And we fully confide In the blood which we feel every moment applied. O wouldst thou appear This moment to chear Thy mourners, and banish our trouble and fear! In us, and in all For the blessing who call, The witness implant, and redeem from our fall. Thy kingdom restore In the spirit of power, That prays, and exults, and gives thanks evermore; Thy nature make known, And perfect in one, And receive us as gods to a share of thy throne. Hymns for Christian Friends. Hymn XXVI.101 O thou that on all The wretched dost call 101Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Friendship I, 40-41; and MS Friendship II, 35-36. Page 294 To come, and be happy in thee, Thy promise make good, And sprinkle with blood The heart of my partner, and me. The blessing we want Thou art ready to grant, More ready than we to request: The guilty forgive, The weary receive In the arms of thy mercy to rest. That taste of thy grace, That glimpse of thy face To thy sorrowing servants restore: Now, Saviour, return, And leave us to mourn, And lament for thy absence no more. Our Jesus appear To thy followers here, Who commune of thee, and are sad; Thy Spirit afford To unfold the good word, And our hearts they again shall be glad. The promise apply, And whisper "'Tis I, Who your sins and your sorrows have borne, I have pacified God, I have bought you with blood, To your merciful owner return." We come at thy call, Thou Redeemer of all, By the power of thy rising we rise, Thro' a paradise led, With joy on our head, We return to our place in the skies. Page 295 Hymns for Christian Friends. Hymn XXVII.102 Jesus, if from thee I find This sudden call to pray, Suffer not my feeble mind To cast the grace away: Lest I quickly faint, and droop Heartless, helpless, and alone, Stir my absent partner up, And bring him to the throne.