Wesley Corpus

Page 77 Hymn 1341. "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" Amos iii. 3. That ground of fellowship with God O that I could possess, Brought near thro' the atoning blood, And reconcil'd by grace! O might my heart with thine agree, Pursue thy glorious end, Then should I walk to heaven with thee Mine everlasting friend. "The lion hath roar'd, who will not fear?" Amos iii. 8. The lion roars, before he tears, The Lord in wrath and mercy great Threatens before he strikes; but spares A sinner prostrate at his feet: Then let us fall with conscious fear, And when we faint beneath our load, Our contrite hearts a voice shall hear, "The lion is the Lamb of God!" "Yet have ye not returned unto me." Amos iv. 11. Stricken for mine iniquity, Forc'd by a thousand strokes to mourn, Yet have I not return'd to thee: To thee I never shall return, Till Jesus from the cross reprove, And melt me down by dying love. Page 78 "Prepare to meet thy God." Amos iv. 12. To meet my God Arm'd with his rod O how shall I prepare? Prostrate, wallowing in my blood I pray the judge to spare. But if thou let Me kiss thy feet, And mind thee of thy passion, Then I in my judge shall meet The God of my salvation. "Seek ye me, and ye shall live." Amos v. 4. Seeking in Christ thy face, We found the life of grace; Pardon'd now, by faith we live, 'Till we fuller life attain, 'Till thine image we retrieve; Then the life of heaven we gain. "I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sins." Amos v. 12. Of my transgressions numberless The measure, Lord, runs o'er, But where iniquities increase, Thy grace increases more: My mighty sins to thee are known; But mightier still is he, Who laid his life a ransom down, Who pleads his death for me. "I will send a famine in the land ... a famine of hearing the words of the Lord." Amos viii. 11. Glory and thanks to thee we give, Our dear redeeming Lord, Who dost at last our want relieve, Our hunger for the word! 28John Wesley drew a vertical line crossing out this entire hymn in his personal copy.