Wesley Corpus

Page 259 And from mine inmost soul remove The power, the nature, and the love. "O spare me a little, that I may recover my strength, before I go hence, and be no more seen." Psalm xxxix. 15. Thou who hast suffer'd me so long, A little longer spare, 'Till made by faith divinely strong I all thy impress bear: Then let me from this vale of woe Triumphantly depart, My God as I am known to know, And see thee as thou art. "Make no long tarrying, O my God." Psalm xl. 21. Still will my Redeemer tarry, Leave me still unfreed, unblest, By my cruel adversary, By my tyrant sin opprest? Jesus, mighty to deliver, Haste to take my sin away, Save a soul undone forever Longer if my Saviour stay! "Heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee." Psalm xli. 4. Sin is the desperate wound Which must my death procure, Unless the balm in Gilead found Administers a cure: Jesus, my Lord, my God, Faith to be heal'd I have; O let the medicine of thy blood My soul for ever save. "My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God." Psalm xlii. 2. I thirst for a life-giving God, A God that on Calvary died, A fountain of water and blood Which gush'd from Immanuel's side! Page 260 I gasp for the stream of his love, The Spirit of rapture unknown, And then to re-drink it above, Eternally fresh from the throne. "My soul is athirst for God, yea even for the living God." Psalm xlii. 2. Come to me, if such thy case (Stands the living God, and cries) Drink the Spirit of my grace, Drink the streams of paradise, Slake thine endless thirst on me, Drink to all eternity. "When shall I come to appear before the presence of God!" Psalm xlii. 2. Confin'd in a dungeon of clay, Exil'd from the Saviour I love, I long to be summon'd away, I groan for a speedy remove: O when shall I come to appear With joy in the presence divine, To find him essentially near, To know him eternally mine! "Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity." Psalm xlv. 8.