Wesley Corpus

All hail the true Elijah, The Lord our God and Saviour! Who leaves behind, For all mankind, The token of his favour. The never-dying prophet, Awhile to mortals given, This solemn day Is rapt away By flaming steeds to heaven. So Elijah signifies. footnote omitted in most later edns. Page 20 Come see the rising triumph, And prostrate fall before him: He mounts, he flies Above the skies, Where all his hosts adore him. Borne on his fiery chariot, With joyful acclamation Pursue the Lord, To heaven restor'd, The God of our salvation. Who see their Lord at parting, They shall on earth inherit A double power, A larger shower Of his descending Spirit. The Spirit of our Master Shall rest on each believer, And surely we Our Master see, Who lives and reigns for ever. Yes, our exalted Jesus, By faith we now adore thee, And still we sit Before thy feet, And triumph in thy glory. In vain the flaming chariot Hath parted us asunder, We still thro' grace Behold thy face, And shout our loving wonder. By faith we catch thy34 mantle, The covering of thy35 Spirit By faith we wear, And gladly share Thine all-involving merit. We rest beneath thy shadow, Till by the whirlwind driven, From earth we rise, And mount the skies, And grasp our Lord in heaven. 34"Thy" changed to "the" in 1787 edn. 35"Thy" changed to "his" in 1787 edn.