Wesley Corpus

Cloath'd in his righteousness receive, And bid me one with Jesus live, Join all he sanctifies in one, One cross, one glory, and one crown. Hymn CLIII. Father, thy feeble children meet, And make thy faithful mercies known; Give us thro' faith the flesh to eat, And drink the blood of Christ thy Son; Honour thine own mysterious ways, Thy sacramental presence shew, And all the fullness of thy grace, With Jesus, on our souls bestow. Father, our sacrifice receive, Our souls and bodies we present, Our goods, and vows, and praises give, Whate'er thy bounteous love hath lent. Thou can'st not now our gift despise, Cast on that all-atoning Lamb, Mixt with that bleeding sacrifice, And offer'd up thro' Jesu's name. Hymn CLIV. Jesu, did they crucify Thee by highest heaven ador'd? Let us also go and die With our dearest dying Lord! Page 129 Lord, thou seest our willing heart, Knowst its uppermost desire, With our nature's life to part, Meekly on thy cross t' expire. Fain we would be all like thee, Suffer with our Lord beneath: Grant us full conformity, Plunge us deep into thy death. Now inflict the mortal pain, Now exert thy Passion's power, Let the man of sin be slain, Die the flesh to live no more. Hymn CLV.43 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One in Three, and Three in One, As by the celestial host Let thy will on earth be done; Praise by all to thee be given, Glorious Lord of earth and heaven! Vilest of the fallen race, Lo! I answer to thy call, Meanest vessel of thy grace, (Grace divinely free for all) Lo, I come to do thy will, All thy counsel to fulfil. If so poor a worm as I May to thy great glory live, All my actions sanctify, All my words and thoughts receive: Claim me, for thy service claim All I have, and all I am. 43A manuscript precursor of this hymn appears in MS Shent, 172a-172b. Page 130 Take my soul and body's powers, Take my mem'ry, mind, and will, All my goods, and all my hours, All I know, and all I feel, All I think, and speak, and do; Take my heart but make it new.