Wesley Corpus

Page 377 Jesus, thy Lord, the Holy One Of Israel for their God they claim, Who makes in thee his nature known, His image, and his glorious name. "And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee." Isa. lx. 10. Thy God and thee who never knew Strangers shall preach the gospel-word, The genuine love of children shew, And build the temple of their Lord: Their kings shall bow to the Most-High, And thee into their bosom take, And gladly all thy wants supply, And tend thee for thy Saviour's sake. "For in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee." Isa. lx. 10. For lo, my wrath is pacified, My wrath which did for ages burn; Whom once I smote and scatter'd wide I bid thee to my arms return: My mercy hath remov'd thy sin, Thy long obduracy is past, Israel again is grafted in, And all thy sons are sav'd at last. "Therefore thy gates shall be open continually, c." Isa. lx. 11. Wherefore thy gates shall open stand, By day and night immensely wide, T' admit the crouds from every land, The Gentile world's in-flowing tide: The nations shall in Christ believe, Their kings thy willing converts be, And brought within thy walls, receive Their highest dignity from thee. Page 378 "For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee, shall perish: yea those nations shall be utterly wasted." Isa. lx. 12. The nation that thy laws disdains, The kings who will not Christ adore, God over all when Jesus reigns, Shall perish by his glorious power; Not man's anathemas or sword Cut off the souls who Christ deny, But from the presence of the Lord Cast out, they must forever die. "The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary, and I will make the place of my feet glorious." Isa. lx. 13. The cedars shall obey my nod, And all the trees of righteousness Unite to form the house of God, To beautify my holiest place, The saints from every clime shall meet, Their talents, gifts, and graces join, To make my sanctuary compleat, And worthy its great guest divine.