Wesley Corpus

But, Lord, I trust, thy gracious skill Shall throughly my backslidings heal, My sinfulness of soul, Destroy the bent to sin in me, Cure my original malady, And make, and keep me whole. Hymn 1333. "I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh." Joel ii. 28. The word is unaccomplish'd still: In honour of thy Son, Father, the mystery fulfil, And send the promise down; That Spirit of universal grace, That Spirit of glory pour, And deluge all our ransom'd race With one eternal shower. "I will shew wonders in the heavens, and in the earth ... before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come." Joel ii. 30, 31. Let the God of truth and love His mighty wonders shew, Wonders in the heavens above, And signs in earth below, Page 74 Every Antichrist consume, And all his glorious power display: Then Jehovah's day shall come, The final judgment-day! "Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion shall be deliverance, and in the remnant." Joel ii. 32.26 Jesus, thee in faith we claim Our gracious Lord and just, Invocate thy saving name, And for deliverance trust: Safety is on Zion's hill, Thy praying church remains secure, All who know and do thy will Shall evermore endure. "Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about." Joel iii. 12. Awake, thou guilty world, awake, Whom God doth by his judgments shake, And to the dread tribunal come! Jesus on earth erects his seat, And cites you here your doom to meet, Type of your everlasting doom: Avenger of his slighted laws, His gospel and his people's cause, In righteous wrath implacable The Lord with sword and fire shall plead, Throughout the world destruction spread, And sweep his slaughter'd foes to hell. "Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe." Joel iii. 13, Ye angels, put the sickle in, The world is now mature in sin, 26Ori., "ii. 23"; an error. Page 75 The press is full, the vats27 o'erflow: The Lord's decisive day is near, And countless multitudes appear Before his judgment-seat below: