Wesley Corpus

Jesus, at thy command I go, And to my friends the wonders shew Which thou to me hast shewn: Thou hast thy pard'ning love reveal'd, The fiend out of my heart expel'd, And claim'd it for thine own. While thus I testify of thee, With genuine meek humility Thy witness, Lord, inspire, That all my friends may wake, and fear, And listen, till thyself they hear, And catch the heavenly fire. Didst thou in me thyself reveal, That I thy goodness might conceal, Or boastingly proclaim? No: but thou wilt my wisdom be, And give me true simplicity To glorify thy name. Wherefore in confidence of grace, I tell to all the ransom'd race Page 203 What thou for me hast done, That all the ransom'd race may find The present Saviour of mankind, And praise my God alone. "She felt in her body, that she was healed of that plague." Mark v. 29. By faith I touch'd th' incarnate God, And openly my Saviour praise, Heal'd by the virtue of his blood, The emanation of his grace! "Talitha cumi." Mark v. 41. Jesus, I wait the Spirit's power Which ever doth from thee proceed, Which did the breathless maid restore, To raise my spirit from the dead; I look continually to prove The hidden life of holy love. O bid my dead dead soul arise, In real holiness renew'd, O give me back my paradise, The image and the life of God, My life, my resurrection be, And manifest thyself in me. By one almighty word begin My life of faith and holiness; And while we daily die to sin, Thyself, by swift or slow degrees, Diffuse thro' all thy members here, And then our glorious head appear. "He commanded that something should be given her to eat." Mark v. 43. The life by miracle restor'd Must be by common means sustain'd: But quicken'd by my loving Lord, The life which thro' his grace I gain'd, Each moment by his grace is fed, And nourish'd with immortal bread. Page 204