Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1741)
| Author | Charles Wesley |
|---|---|
| Type | hymn-collection |
| Year | 1741 |
| Passage ID | cw-duke-hymns-on-gods-everlasting-love-1741-014 |
| Words | 208 |
| Source | https://divinity.duke.edu/initiatives/wesleyan-methodist/... |
Page 20 25Reprinted in Arminian Magazine 1 (1778): 92-95. Spirit of victory and power, That I may never grieve thee more. 10 Grant my importunate request, It is not my desire, but thine; Since thou wouldst have the sinner blest, Now let me in thine image shine; Nor ever from thy footsteps move, But more than conquer in thy love. 11 Be it according to thy will; Set my imprison'd spirit free, The counsel of thy grace fulfil: Into the glorious liberty My spirit, soul, and flesh restore, And I shall never grieve thee more. Jesus Christ, the Saviour of All Men.25 See, sinners, in the gospel-glass, The friend, and Saviour of mankind! Not one of all th' apostate race, But may in him salvation find. His thoughts, and words, and actions prove His life, and death that God is love! Behold the Lamb of God, who bears The sins of all the world away! A servant's form he meekly wears, He sojourns in an house of clay; His glory is no longer seen, But God with God is man with men. See where the God incarnate stands, And calls his wand'ring creatures home! He all day long spreads out his hands, "Come, weary souls, to Jesus come!