Wesley Corpus

Page 150 Trust thou never wilt depart, And glad my monument to raise, Thank thee with a loving heart, And with a life of praise. "God gave him another heart." I. Sam. x. 9. Thy call, O God, to man conveys Sufficiency of gifts and grace: Wherefore to me thy Spirit impart, And bless me with a pastor's heart; The servant of thy people I Shall then rejoice to live and die. "Is Saul also among the prophets?" I. Sam. x. 12. Yes; if the Lord his mind reveal, Ev'n to the meanest of the throng: Their Father sends by whom he will, And teaches babes the gospel song; Not to the prophets' schools confin'd, He gives to the unlearn'd his word; And lo, they now declare his mind, And husbandmen proclaim their Lord! "There went with Saul a band of men whose hearts God had touched." I. Sam. x. 26. The good in man is not his own, But freely flows from grace alone, If to the right our hearts incline, They own a secret touch divine; And Britain's boasted loyalty, O King of kings, is all from thee. "The fear of the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent." I. Sam. xi. 7. Pierc'd with the true religious fear, We must our king and country love, Their interests serve with heart sincere, And swift to their assistance move: