Wesley Corpus

Tremendous Lord, thy voice we hear, "In glorious majesty severe, In anger great, I soon will rise! Vengeance on that appointed day Shall fiercely claim its destin'd prey, And seize the victims of the skies: "I will mine indignation pour, On all th' assembled kingdoms shower The vials of my jealous ire; My wrath shall to the utmost come, The whole devoted earth consume, And burn my foes with quenchless fire." "Then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent." Zeph. iii. 9. On thee, great God, we still attend, 'Till judgment shall in mercy end, And wrath in universal grace: The promise to thy church is sure, Our hearts, and lives, and language pure Shall speak our new-Creator's praise. Then every soul his Lord shall know, And every spotless saint below Perform thy will, like those above; We all shall think, and speak the same, And serve our God, and praise thy name With perfect harmony and love. Page 96 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering." Zeph. iii. 10. O God of all-redeeming grace, Hasten those latest, happiest days, When thy dispers'd shall be brought home: Obedient to the gospel-word O let the people of our Lord From earth's remotest corners come! With humble prayers and contrite sighs, A well-accepted sacrifice, To thee their souls and bodies give, Thy perfect will rejoice to prove, And live the life of holy love, And only for thy glory live! "In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, c." Zeph. iii. 11, 12. Then, then th' intestine war is o'er, And guilty shame confounds no more, When thou hast rooted out our pride: With vain complacency in grace No more we boast our holiness, Or in our "sinless state" confide;32 Out of the deep of poverty Saviour, we give the praise to thee, Thee only good, and wise, and just; Our utter nothingness we own, Exalt our righteous Lord alone, And in his name for ever trust. "The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies: neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and lie down, and none shall make them afraid." Zeph. iii. 13.