Wesley Corpus

Table of Contents Hymn I Hymn II Hymn III Hymn IV Hymn V. Jeremiah 47:6, 7. Hymn VI Hymn VII Hymn VIII. Revelation 19:11, etc. Page 1 Hymn I. Let God, the mighty God, The Lord of hosts arise, With terror clad, with strength endued, And rent, and bow the skies! Call'd down by faithful prayer, Saviour, appear below, Thy hand lift up, thine arm make bare, And quell thy church's foe. Our refuge in distress, In danger's darkest hour, Appear as in the antient days With full redeeming power; That thy redeem'd may sing In glad triumphant strains, The Lord is God, the Lord is King, The Lord for ever reigns! We with our ears have heard, Our fathers us have told The work that in their days appear'd, And in the times of old; Page 2 The mighty wonders wrought By heaven in their defence, When Jacob's God for Britain fought, And chas'd th' invaders hence. Vainly INVINCIBLE Their fleets the seas did hide, And doom'd our sires to death and hell, And Israel's God defied: But with his wind he blew, But with his waves he rose, And dash'd, and scatter'd, and o'erthrew, And swallow'd up his foes. Jesus, Jehovah, Lord, Thy wonted aid we claim; Not trusting in our bow or sword, But in thy saving name: Thy name the mighty tower, From whence our foes we see Ready our country to devour, Without a nod from thee. Thou wilt not give us up A prey unto their teeth, But blast their aim, confound their hope, Their league with hell and death; With such deliverance bless Whom thou hast chose for thine, That we, and Europe, may confess The work is all divine! Hymn II. God of unbounded power, God of unwearied love, Page 3 Be present in our dangerous hour, Our danger to remove; To guard our fav'rite land, So oft preserv'd by thee, Come, Lord, and in the channel stand, Come, and block up the sea. Refuse them leave to pass, Forbid them to draw nigher; Surround us as a wall of brass, As battlements of fire: Our lives, our threaten'd coast Beneath thy shadow take, And turn aside the alien host, And drive the ruffians back.