Wesley Corpus

By thy passion on the tree Constrain them to return, Let th' apostates look on thee, Whom once they pierc'd, and mourn: Gather the dispers'd abroad, Thy wandring flock, redeem'd of old, Call the murtherers of their God, And take into thy fold. Surely now thy pitying eye The vagabonds pursues, Turn their long captivity, Again thine Israel chuse, Page 319 O bring home thy purchas'd seed, (Throughout the earth for ages driven) Ransom'd by the blood they shed, With all mankind forgiven. "Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim." Isa. xi. 13. Happy day of union sweet O when shall it appear, When shall all thy people meet In amity sincere, Tear each other's flesh no more, But kindly think and speak the same; All express the meek'ning power, The Spirit of the Lamb? Visit us, bright Morning-Star, And bring the perfect day, Urg'd by faith's incessant prayer No longer, Lord, delay, Now destroy the envious root, The ground of mutual feuds remove, Fill the earth with golden fruit, With ripe, millennial love. "I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant." Isa. xiv. 30. Lord in thy light, I see The Palestine within, And thou who shew'st myself to me Wilt finish all my sin, The root with famine slay, The last remains remove, And bring me to the perfect day, And fill my soul with love. "They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the Lord, they shall cry aloud from the sea. Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea." Isa. xxiv. 14, 15. Sure the word which God doth say, Verified in us to-day, Page 320 Yes, we now lift up our voice, Now the islanders rejoice. Jesu's majesty we sing, Jesus is our glorious King, Jesu's love our song inspires; Praise him, praise him in the fires! Him we in the furnace see Guardian of the faithful three, Compass'd round with lambent flame, Shout we our Deliverer's name.