Wesley Corpus

Page 196 But that Sun shall soon appear, All the gloom of hell disperse, All the frown of heaven, and chear Our brighten'd universe. "Jesus cried!" Matt. xxvii. 46. O Jesus, let thy dying cry Pierce to the bottom of my heart, Its evils cure, its wants supply, And bid mine unbelief depart, Slay the dire root and seed of sin, Prepare for thee the holiest place; Then, then essential love, come in, And fill thy house with endless praise. "He yielded up the ghost" (dismissed his Spirit, Gr.). Matt. xxvii. 50. Jesus, was ever love like thine! Thy life a scene of wonder is, Thy death itself is all divine, While, pleas'd thy Spirit to dismiss, Thou dost out of the flesh retire, And like the Prince of life expire! "Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, who was crucified." Matt. xxviii. 5. Reader of the trembling heart, Those that seek the crucified, Bid our every fear depart, Bid us in thy death abide, Fill our drooping souls with peace, Raise us up thy witnesses. "Jesus met them." Matt. xxviii. 9. To carry thy disciples word, With trembling haste I move, O come, and meet thy servant, Lord, And turn my fear to love. Page 197 "Go tell my brethren." Matt. xxviii. 10. Wilt thou as such the cowards own, All who deserted thee? Then I am of thy brethren one, And mercy is for me. "All power is given unto me." Matt. xxviii. 18. The power is on the man bestow'd, Not on the one eternal God: And every messenger of thine, Cloath'd with authority divine, Proclaims the world thro' thee forgiven, Thee the great Lord of earth and heaven. "Go ye therefore, and teach all nations." Matt. xxviii. 19. Great Tri-une God, thy servants own, And while they make thy nature known, Let them thy promis'd presence find, Sent to baptize into thy name, Sent a lost world for thine to claim, Sent to disciple all mankind: