Wesley Corpus

O what a glorious life shall be In us, ev'n us reveal'd, While face to face our Lord we see, With all his fulness fill'd! Who would not then, for such an hope, The path of sorrow tread, And take his Master's burthen up, And suffer with his head? Who would not chearfully sustain A cross so light as this, And bear a momentary pain For an eternal bliss? And shall we now turn back, To Satan's conquest yield, The holy fellowship forsake, And quit the well-fought field; No more with accord sweet Our Saviour's love adore, And see each other's face, and meet In Jesus' name no more! Page 38 We who have counted loss For Christ our greatest gain, Shall we refuse the crown and cross, And suffer all in vain? Caught in the tempter's snare, Shall we like Demas stop, Th' assembling of ourselves forbear, And give our brethren up? No, never will we part, Or place to Satan give, But cleave to God with stedfast heart, And to each other cleave. Strengthen'd by his command, We for the faith contend, In Jesus' name together stand, And suffer to the end. In vain the subtle foe Allures with proffer'd ease, We now his false devices know, And scorn his hellish peace: Thy faithful servants, Lord, We never will resign, Or buy the world's good-will and word By forfeiture of thine. No, in thy strength we say To sinners and their god, Ye cannot tear our shield away, Who trust in Jesus' blood, Who to each other cleave, Your malice we defy; We will in Christ together live, We will together die. Get thee behind us, fiend, With all thy baffled art! The sheep we know thou canst not rend, Unless thou first canst part: Page 39 Jesus his ten-fold power His saints assembled claim: Tremble, thou fiend, and fly before Our mighty Captain's name. Thy wisdom from below Full well we understand; Disperse, and then our souls o'erthrow, Divide us, and command: But Jesus still shall hold And keep us safe from harms, Together lodg'd within his fold, His everlasting arms. While in our shepherd's breast Our helpless souls we hide, Nor devils can disturb our rest, Nor can the world divide: To build each other up We now in Jesus join, And who shall burst the bond, or stop The intercourse divine?