Wesley Corpus

No longer, dearest Lord, defer, But now the second time appear, To save my soul again, Come Father, Son, and Spirit come, And in thy meanest earthly home Eternally remain. "When the desire cometh, it is a tree of life." Prov. xiii. 12. Thee, Lord, alone do I require, My single wish, my sole desire In earth and heaven thou art; Thy love supplies mine every want, Come, O thou tree of life, and plant An Eden in my heart. "Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands." Prov. xiv. 1. A mother principled with grace, With heavenly wisdom wise Her children from their earliest days Builds up to reach the skies: Page 287 But ah! The fond indulgent fool, Who loves her babes so well, She breeds them up in nature's school, And drags them down to hell. "Fools make a mock at sin." Prov. xiv. 9. That careless fool am I, Who void of godly fear, And making light of sin, defy The heavenly lawgiver: O might I here be shock'd, Before his wrath I feel Chas'd from the face of God, and mock'd By all the fiends in hell. "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness." Prov. xvi. 31. Wisdom is the hoary hair; And who in Christ are found, They his diadem shall wear, With life and glory crown'd: O might I my Lord obey, Thro' Jesu's righteousness forgiven, Still abide in Christ my way, And walk with God to heaven! "A wounded spirit who can bear?" Prov. xviii. 14. Who can a wounded spirit sustain, When Jesus fainting on the tree Confess'd th' insufferable pain, Complain'd "Thou hast forsaken me!" He fainted, to support my load, He died t' obtain my pardon seal'd; And now I feel his balmy blood, And by his wounds my soul is heal'd. "My son give me thine heart." Prov. xxiii. 26. Father, how kind thou art, To ask my evil heart! But yet thou dost; and I Have found the reason why: Thou want'st82 to make it good, By washing it in blood, 82Ori., "wont'st"; corrected in errata.