Wesley Corpus

Thus explain the mystery; Then I shall be one with thee, Then I shall above the sky Endless hallelujahs cry. Hymn LXXXIX. To God the Creator of all My earliest tribute I pay, On him with humility call, And promise his laws to obey: I promise alas, but in vain, Unless he his Spirit bestow, From folly and sin to restrain, And keep me wherever I go. O Father of mercies, attend, (Though now I in ignorance cry,) And teach me on him to depend, My Advocate there in the sky: Whatever I ask in the name Of Jesus, I hear, shall be done, As due to that innocent Lamb, As claim'd by thine heavenly Son. Page 79 Hymn XC. Let all that breathe, Jehovah praise, Almighty all-creating Lord, Let earth and heaven his power confess, Brought out of nothing by his word! He spake the word, and it was done, The universe his word obey'd: His word is his eternal Son, And Christ the whole creation made. Jesus the Lord and God most high, Maker of all mankind and me, Me thou hast form'd to glorify, To know, and love, and live for thee: Wherefore to thee my heart I give, (But thou must first bestow the power) And if on earth for thee I live, Thee I shall soon in heaven adore. Hymn XCI. Who shall join the acclamation Of that bright celestial quire, While with rapt'rous exultation All in songs of praise aspire? Hallelujah Sounds from every tuneful lyre. I, if here I love my lover, Here my heart to Jesus give, When this mortal life is over, Shall a harp and crown receive, Hallelujah Sing, as long as God shall live. Hymn XCII. The judge of all shall soon come down, Bright on his everlasting throne, Summon the nations to his bar, And I shall take my trial there. Page 80 26"An" changed to "And" in 2nd edn. (1768) and following. Jesus, be now my friend with God, And wash me in thy precious blood, That at thy last appearance I May shouting meet thee in the sky. Hymn XCIII. Happy beyond description he, Who in the paths of piety Loves from his birth to run: Its ways are ways of pleasantness, And all its paths are joy and peace, An26 heaven on earth begun.