Wesley Corpus

No foot of land do I possess, No cottage in this wilderness; A poor wayfaring man, I lodge a while in tents below, Or gladly wander to and fro, Till I my Canaan gain. Nothing on earth I call my own, A stranger, to the world unknown, I all their goods despise, I trample on their whole delight, And seek a country out of sight, A country in the skies. 86"An" changed to "A" in 1788 edn. only. 87Ori., "Jesus's"; corrected in Dublin (1747) and following. Page 68 There is my house and portion fair, My treasure and my heart is there, And my abiding home; For me my elder brethren stay, And angels beckon me away, And Jesus bids me come. I come, thy servant, Lord, replies, I come to meet thee in the skies, And claim my heavenly rest: Now let the pilgrim's journey end, Now, O my Saviour, brother, friend, Receive me to thy breast. Hymn LII. At Parting of To: "Come, let us join our chearful songs." God of all consolation, take The glory of thy grace, Thy gifts to thee we render back In ceaseless songs of praise. Not unto us, but thee, O Lord, Glory to thee be given, For every gracious thought and word That brought us nearer heaven. Further'd in faith, or hope, or love, The praise to thee we give, Thy gifts descending from above We only can receive, The gift, the grace, the work is thine, If ours the ministry, We bow, and bless the hand divine, All, all descends from thee. 88Manuscript precursors of this hymn appear in MS Shent, 76a-77a; and MS Thirty, 68-70. Page 69 Thro' thee we now together came, In singleness of heart, We met, O Jesus, in thy name, And in thy name we part: We part in body, not in mind, Our minds continue one, And each to each in Jesus join'd, We hand in hand go on. Subsists as in us all one soul, No power can make us twain, And mountains rise, and oceans roll To sever us in vain. Present we still in spirit are, And intimately nigh, While on the wings of faith and prayer, We each to other fly.