Wesley Corpus

Page 215 Weapons and tools at once we bear, The foe repel, the house repair, Till Jesus in himself brings down The labourer's hire, and victor's crown. "Ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God, because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?" Nehemiah v. 9. Watch'd by the world's malignant eye, Who load us with reproach and shame, As servants of the Lord most high, As zealous for his glorious name We ought in all his paths to move, With holy fear, and humble love. That wisdom, Lord, on us bestow, From every evil to depart, To stop the mouth of every foe, While upright both in life and heart, The proofs of godly fear we give, And shew them how the Christians live. "Should such a man as I flee?" Nehemiah vi. 11. A Christian, should I fly, or yield, Arm'd by my heavenly Lord With faith's impenetrable shield, And with his Spirit's sword? Let heathen shrink, and hirelings fly: The champion of my God, The conqueror of the world am I, Thro' my Redeemer's blood. "The joy of the Lord is your strength." Nehemiah viii. 10. This is the joy my soul desires, The joy my Saviour's love inspires,