Wesley Corpus

The author dire of sin and death He slew by yielding up his breath, The powers of darkness he destroy'd, And made their hellish boastings33 void, Died with the Philistines but rose Triumphant o'er his slaughter'd foes. Hymn 424. "The woman was left of her two sons and her husband. Then she arose that she might return." Ruth i. 5, 6. A poor afflicted sojourner I see the meaning of thy love; It strips me of my comforts here, To mind me of the joys above: I answer to the call divine, After my old companions come, And for that better country pine, And hasten to my heavenly home. "The Lord visited his people in giving them bread." Ruth i. 6. Plenty is from, and with, the Lord: His presence doth the staff afford Which must our life sustain, He comes to chear us in the bread; On him our hungry spirits feed, And all his fulness gain. 33MS Judges suggest "vauntings" in the margin as an alternate. 34MS Judges, which contains a manuscript predecessor to the hymns on Ruth (in a scribe's hand), is present in MARC: MA 1977/560. The significant variants are noted here.