Wesley Corpus

Page 56 Hymn 180. "No offering which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven." Lev. ii. 11. Thee that my sacrifice may please, Assist me, Lord, to lay aside The leaven of all wickedness, All spite, hypocrisy, and pride: Anger, and doubt, and anxious care Out of my heart if thou remove, I'll lift up holy hands in prayer With truth, sincerity, and love. "Ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord." Lev. ii. 11. From nature's different mixtures free, Honey the joy, and grief the leaven, I bring my sacrifice to thee, Jesus, my great high-priest in heaven: That God my offering may receive, I set my heart on things above, The sour of worldly sorrow leave, The cloying sweets of creature-love. "With all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt." Lev. ii. 13. Unsavoury all our offerings are, 'Till acceptable thro' thy Son: But hear well-pleas'd our praise and prayer Presented in his name alone: Page 57 The salt we borrow from our Lord, His meritorious righteousness, And every deed, and thought, and word Is season'd now with Jesu's grace. "The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar, it shall never go out." Lev. vi. 13. O thou who camest from above, The pure, celestial fire t' impart, Kindle a flame of sacred love On the mean altar of my heart; There let it for thy glory burn With inextinguishable blaze, And trembling to its source return, In humble prayer, and fervent praise.