Wesley Corpus

Confirm their word, and prove it thine, That hearing them, the voice divine We may in theirs obey, Freed by the truth, and free indeed, By that unerring unction led Into the perfect way. "Thou shalt cast thine images away, thou shalt say unto it, get thee hence." Isa. xxx. 22. O that we now could cast aside Our images of self93 and pride, Could in thy Spirit's power Bid sin and unbelief depart, Away ye idols from my heart, And never enter more! "There shall be upon every high mountain rivers and streams of waters, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall." Isa. xxx. 25. The solemn day draws nigh, when all The cities of the world shall fall, The islands flee away, The Lord, the dread avenging Lord Shall plead his cause with fire and sword, And sin forever slay. Then shall thy church superior rise, A mountain water'd by the skies, 93John Wesley substituted "wrath" for "self" in manuscript in his personal copy. Page 327 With streams of grace o'erflow'd, With rivers of pure heavenly peace, And everlasting righteousness, And all the life of God. "Moreover, the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the Lord bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound." Isa. xxx. 26. Our surety shall the breach repair 'Twixt God and man; the cause of war, The enmity remove, The source of pain, the sinful ground, And heal our deep original-wound With balm of perfect love. Then shall the Lord our righteousness Shine forth in full meridian blaze, With sevenfold lustre bright! And I shall see that Sun arise, Sun of the new-made earth and skies, My soul's eternal light. "As birds flying, so will the Lord defend Jerusalem: defending also he will deliver it, and passing over he will preserve it." Isa. xxxi. 5. As eagles fluttering o'er their nest Protect their callow brood, The Lord shall guard the souls that rest In his atoning blood: With tenderest care he passes o'er His people to defend, And saves from the destroyer's power, And saves them to the end. Page 328