Wesley Corpus

In thy sinless people shew Thy power and constancy, Give us thus to feel and know Our fellowship with thee, Give us all thy mind t' express, And blameless in our Lord t' abide, Transcripts of thy holiness, Thy fair, unspotted bride! "I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh." Ezek. xxxvi. 26. Can God remove the stone within, Myself out of myself remove, And make me sensible of sin, And make me sensible of love? Omnipotent, my Saviour can, All-gracious, thou art willing too To change the stubborn heart of man, To form e'en me a creature new. "I will give you an heart of flesh." Ezek. xxxvi. 26. Let me, according to thy word, A tender, contrite heart receive, Which bleeds for having griev'd its Lord, And never can itself forgive, An heart thy joys and griefs to feel, An heart, which cannot faithless prove, An heart, where Christ alone may dwell, All praise, all meekness, and all love! "I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it." Ezek. xxxvi. 36. Good is the saying of my Lord; I trust thy sanctifying word, To every pardon'd sinner sure: The Holy Ghost, the water clean Shall surely make me pure within, From all my sins and idols pure: 15Ori., numbered as page 94, an error. Page 50 Thou wilt what thou hast spoken, do, My nature change, my heart renew, And breathe thy Spirit into my breast; I then shall always faithful prove, Fulfil thy law of perfect love, And one with God forever rest. "I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them." Ezek. xxxvi. 37. Humbly I do enquire of thee, Wilt thou, O Lord, restore Thy kingdom at this time to me, And bid me sin no more? I know thou wilt the power impart, For which in faith I pray, And I shall then be pure in heart, And see the perfect day. "The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, c." Ezek. xxxvii. 1, 2.