Wesley Corpus

Page 216 Which brings the power that sets me free, Power to renounce whate'er is me; Power to sell all, and purchase thee. "Stand up, and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever." Nehemiah ix. 5. O God, at thy command we rise, Thy glorious name to bless, Thee the great Lord of earth and skies We joyfully confess; Our joy is now to sing of thee, To triumph in thy love, And this, (transporting thought!) shall be Our endless work above. "Blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise." Nehemiah ix. 5. But O! Our feeble strains of praise, How short of thee they fall! Let angels stronger voices raise, To hymn the Lord of all: Thou challengest the loftiest song Of that celestial host; Yet still thy majesty they wrong, When they exalt it most. "Thou even thou art Lord alone, thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, c." Nehemiah ix. 6. Thou, even thou, art God alone, Those countless worlds of thine, Those heavens, and heavenly spirits own Our Maker is divine! The earth thou hast thy footstool made, Great universal Lord, And all things are in being staid By thy preserving word. Page 217 "The host of heaven worshippeth thee." Nehemiah ix. 6. Thee the angelic armies praise, Those first-born sons of light, But cannot look on Jesu's face, And bear the dazling sight; Ranks upon ranks, they fall before The all-abasing name, In silent extasy t' adore The glories of the Lamb! "Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness." Nehemiah ix. 19. Thy people in the wilderness, We are not yet forsook, But kept and nourish'd by thy grace, And follow'd by our Rock; For forty long rebellious years We have thy patience tried, Yet still the cloud and fire appears, And still thou art our guide. O how shall we thy grace record, With equal praise commend The goodness of our patient Lord, And mercies without end! Us to that better Canaan bring, That land of rest above, And then we worthily shall sing Thine everlasting love. "We will not forsake the house of our God." Nehemiah x. 39.