Wesley Corpus

In him when brethren join, And follow after peace, The fellowship divine He promises to bless, His chiefest graces to bestow, Where two or three are met below. The riches of his grace In fellowship are given, To Sion's chosen race, The citizens of heaven; He fills them with his choicest store, He gives them life for evermore. Psalm CXXXIV.62 Ye servants of God, whose diligent care Is ever employ'd in watching and pray'r, With praises unceasing your Jesus proclaim, Rejoicing and blessing his excellent name. 'Tis Jesus commands, come all to his house, And lift up your hands, and pay him your vows; And while ye are giving your Maker his due, The Lord out of heaven shall sanctify you. Page 109 63A manuscript version appears in MS Psalms, 270-71. Psalm CXIV.63 When Israel out of Egypt came, And left the proud oppressor's land, Conducted by the great I AM, Safe in the hollow of his hand; The Lord in Israel reign'd alone, And Judah was his fav'rite throne. The sea beheld his power, and fled, Disparted by the wondrous rod, Jordan ran backward to his head, And Sinai felt th' incumbent God, The mountains skip'd like frighted rams, The hills leap'd after them as lambs. What ail'd thee, O thou trembling sea, What horror turn'd the river back? Was nature's God displeas'd at thee? And why should hills and mountains shake? Ye mountains huge, who skip'd like rams, Ye hills who leap'd as frighted lambs! Earth tremble on, with all thy sons In presence of thy awful Lord, Whose power inverted nature owns, Her only law his sovereign word: He shakes the center with his nod, And heaven bows down to Jacob's God. Creation varied by his hand Th' omnipotent Jehovah knows: The sea is turn'd to solid land, The rock into a fountain flows, And all things, as they change, proclaim Their Lord eternally the same. Page 122 64A manuscript version appears in MS Psalms, 361-62. 65"Powers" changed to "power" in 11th edn. (1789). Psalm CL.64 Praise the Lord, who reigns above, And keeps his court below, Praise the holy God of love, And all his greatness shew; Praise him for his noble deeds, Praise him for his matchless power: Him, from whom all good proceeds Let earth and heaven adore.