Wesley Corpus

Sav'd at my latest hour receive, And bid thy joyful servant live Where grief is chas'd away, My lot among the saints assign, And let their final state be mine In that triumphant day. "He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel." Num. xxiii. 21. Jacob then was free from blame, And uncorrupted stood, Israel, answering to his name, Was prevalent with God. While I keep my conscience clean, Eschew mine own iniquity, God, who sees my nature sin, Imputes not sin to me. Page 80 "The Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them." Num. xxiii. 21. Christ, the Lord our God, thou art With them that trust in thee; Still thou tak'st thy people's part 'Gainst every enemy; Faint our foes, when thou art near, Before thy church they fly, they fall; King of kings, thy shout we hear, And more than conquer all. "According to this time it shall be said, What hath God wrought?" Num. xxiii. 23. Reflecting on this gospel-day, And Britain's happy lot, Latest posterity shall say What hath Jehovah wrought! He hath the faithful seed increas'd, Ten thousand souls forgiven, With perfect love his people bless'd, And caught them up to heaven. "The man whose eyes are open, hath said: he hath said which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the Most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty." Num. xxiv. 15, 16. The man whom God so freely lov'd And bad his sin depart, Opening his eyes, he found remov'd The blindness of his heart; He heard the word "Let there be light," He felt th' almighty grace, And saw, transform'd, the glorious sight Of his Redeemer's face. "I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh." Num. xxiv. 17. Happy soul enjoy thy lot Finding him thou soughtest not: Page 81 O that I with thee could say, "I shall see him in that day!" When he doth on earth appear, O might I behold him near, Now, like the old seer, forgiven, Snatch'd as out of hell to heaven! "There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy (Heb., unwall) all the children of Sheth." Num. xxiv. 17.