Wesley Corpus

Yet if I do at last relent, And by a power from thee repent Of all that I have done, An humbled soul thou wilt not slay, But turn thy righteous wrath away, And give me to thy Son. "Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries." II. Chron. xii. 8. An abject slave I long have been To Satan, and the world, and sin, As by my God forsook, Who would not to my Saviour stoop, The burthen of his cross take up, Or bear his easy yoke. The difference now I know and feel; Jesus, to serve thy foes is hell; But once again forgiven, O let me find in serving thee The glorious, perfect liberty, The happiness of heaven. "They cried unto the Lord, and gave a shout." II. Chron. xiii. 14, 15. By numbers urg'd, o'erpower'd we are, But, Jesus, on thy name we call, Thy Spirit in the cry of prayer, And shout of faith shall conquer all.