Wesley Corpus

Come all the members far and near, Whoe'er to Christ are join'd, Jesus our common head is here, Ye cannot stay behind. The body with the head is nigh: Let every faithful soul, Let every joint its strength supply To edify the whole. 'Tis done: thro' faith our hands we join, In Jesu's love we meet, And cloath'd with righteousness divine The body is compleat. Then let us all at once aspire, Our common Saviour praise, And higher raise our hearts, and higher, In honour of his grace: His grace which hath salvation brought, And rais'd us from our fall, His grace which came to us unsought, And comes unsought to all. God of all grace, thy saving name We thankfully confess; Let all the world adore the Lamb, The general blessing bless. Ye that in strength divine excel, Ye first-born church above, Adore the depth unsearchable Of all-redeeming love. 'Till we like you behold his face, Angels, on you we call, Forever, and forever praise The Lamb, that died for all. Page 328 Hymns for Christian Friends. Hymn LII.124 Ye followers of the Lamb, Who own the common Lord, And trust in Jesu's name And hang upon his word, In Jesu's sight with us appear, Be present all in spirit here. Let us together wait For the descending power, Which to our first estate Shall all our souls restore, Nor ever from the promise move, 'Till all are perfected in love. Let us the word hold fast Which we of him have heard; We shall obtain at last A great and full reward, The Comforter shall surely come, And make us his eternal home. The Father of our Lord Shall send the promis'd grace, Let us with one accord Continue in one place, Nor from Jerusalem depart, But keep the issues of our heart. In sure and stedfast hope, In view of perfect peace, Let us to Christ look up, 'Till all our troubles cease; The Lord our hope shall soon return, The Lord shall comfort all that mourn. In Jesus we believe, And wait the truth to prove, We shall, we shall receive The blessing from above, 124Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Shent, 73a-73b; and MS Thirty, 205-7. Page 329 Fulness of love, and peace, and power, And live in Christ, and sin no more.