Wesley Corpus

Page 265 Then shall I rest whom God doth hide, Unconscious then, that in the whole Creation aught exists beside My Saviour, and my happy soul! "God, thou knowest my simpleness, and my faults are not hid from thee." Psalm lxix. 5. Thy wisdom all my folly sees, My faults are all before thine eyes, Mine heart, and inward wickedness; Such as I am, without disguise, A sinner to thy bosom take, Not for my own, but Jesu's sake. "Cast me not away in the time of age." Psalm lxxi. 8. Thou who from infancy to age Hast been my never-failing friend, Support thro' life's extremest stage, And bring me to my journey's end, And bid me live, to sing thy praise, An age of everlasting days. "Forsake me not, when my strength faileth me." Psalm lxxi. 8. Thro' labour exhausted and pain Will Christ from his servant depart, Or with me in weakness remain The strength and the joy of my heart? His power I in weakness shall prove, Confiding in Jesus's name, The God of unchangeable love, Forever and ever the same. "Forsake me not, when my strength faileth me." Psalm lxxi. 8. Thou who so long hast sav'd me here, A little longer save, 'Till freed from sin, and freed from fear, I sink into a grave;