Wesley Corpus

O what a soul-transporting feast Doth this communion yield! Remembring here thy Passion past We with thy love are fill'd. Sure instrument of present grace Thy sacrament we find, Yet higher blessings it displays, And raptures still behind. Page 83 It bears us now on eagles' wings, If thou the power impart, And thee our glorious earnest brings Into our faithful heart. O let us still the earnest feel, Th' unutterable peace, This loving Spirit be the seal, Of our eterna1 bliss! Hymn XCV. In Jesus we live, in Jesus we rest, And thankful receive his dying bequest; The cup of salvation his mercy bestows, And all from his Passion our happiness flows. With mystical wine he comforts us here, And gladly we join, till Jesus appear, With hearty thanksgiving his death to record; The living, the living should sing of their Lord. He hallow'd the cup which now we receive, The pledge of our hope with Jesus to live, (Where sorrow and sadness shall never be found) With glory and gladness eternally crown'd. The fruit of the vine (the joy it implies) Again we shall join to drink in the skies, Exult in his favour, our triumph renew; And I, saith the Saviour, will drink it with you. Hymn XCVI. Happy the souls to Jesus join'd, And sav'd by grace alone, Walking in all thy ways we find Our heaven on earth begun. Page 84 The church triumphant in thy love Their mighty joys we know, They sing the Lamb in hymns above, And we in hymns below. Thee in thy glorious realm they praise, And bow before thy throne, We in the kingdom of thy grace, The kingdoms are but one. The holy to the holiest leads, From hence our spirits rise, And he that in thy statutes treads Shall meet thee in the skies. Hymn XCVII. Thee King of saints we praise For this our living bread, Nourish'd by thy preserving grace, And at thy table fed; Who in these lower parts Of thy great kingdom feast, We feel the earnest in our hearts Of our eternal rest. Yet still an higher seat We in thy kingdom claim, Who here begin by faith to eat The Supper of the Lamb, That glorious heavenly prize We surely shall attain, And in the palace of the skies With thee for ever reign. Page 85 Hymn XCVIII.