Wesley Corpus

Thy humility impart, Give me thy obedient heart, Free and chearful to fulfil All my heavenly Father's will. Keep me thus to God resign'd, 'Till his love delights to find Fairly copied out on me All the mind which was in thee. Hymn XXXV. A Thought on Judgment. And must I be to judgment brought, And answer in that day For every vain, or idle thought, And every word I say? Yes, every secret of my heart Shall shortly be made known, And I receive my just desert For all that I have done. How careful then ought I to live, With what religious fear, Who such a strict account must give Of my behaviour here! Page 31 Thou awful judge of quick and dead, The watchful power bestow, So shall I to my ways take heed, To all I speak and do. If now thou standest at the door, O let me feel thee near, And make my peace with God, before I at thy bar appear. My peace thou hast already made, While hanging on the tree, My sins he on thy body laid, And punish'd them in thee. Ah, might I, Lord, the virtue prove Of thine atoning blood, And know, thou ever liv'st above My advocate with God; Receive the answer of thy prayer, The sense of sin forgiven, And follow thee with loving care, And go in peace to heaven. Hymn XXXVI. The Lord he knows the thoughts of men, That they are foolish all and vain, 'Till chastened by affliction's rod, The sinners mourn, and turn to God. O might his grace victorious prove, And draw us with the cords of love To seek him in the dawn of day, And gladly from our hearts obey. Father, the kind instruction give, And let us now begin to live, To live the life of piety, To live like creatures born for thee. Page 32 Taught by the Spirit of thy grace O may we rightly count our days, To wisdom's rules our hearts apply, And warm in life prepare to die. And when our spirits we resign Into those gracious hands of thine, Thy new-born children, Lord, receive, With thee eternally to live. Hymn XXXVII. When dear Lord, ah, tell us when Shall we be in knowledge men, Men in strength and constancy, Men of God, confirm'd in thee?