Wesley Corpus

Saviour, who ask to reign with thee,19 They ask (what yet they cannot know) Thy cup of inward agony, Thy burthen of external woe;20 With eagerness of blind desire, They ask reproach, and pain, and loss, They ask to be baptiz'd with fire, And hang expiring on thy cross. 19John Wesley drew a "Q" (for Question) in the margin of his personal copy after this line. 20John Wesley underlined all of lines 3-4 in his personal copy. Page 208 Cover'd with outward sufferings here Thou wast, with inward sufferings fill'd; They mark'd thy perfect character, They shew'd thee by thy Father seal'd: The cross thou didst for sinners prove The lot of all thy followers is;21 And leads us on to perfect love, And paves our way to glorious bliss. "Rise; he calleth thee." Mark x. 49. Blind at thy call I rise, And come, O Lord, to thee: Open the beggar's eyes, That I my way may see, My true and living way pursue, Till thee I in thy glory view. "What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?" Mark x. 51. Lord, I would my sight receive, Would thy faithful follower live, Till I lay my body down, Drop the cross, and take the crown. "Have faith in God" (Gr., the faith of God). Mark xi. 22. I want the true divinity, The faith of God, the power in me: Jesus, the power of God thou art, Inspeak thyself into my heart, Command my heart the faith to have Which saves, and shall for ever save. "What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." Mark xi. 24. Jesu th' irrevocable word Thy gracious lips hath past, And trusting in my faithful Lord I shall be sav'd at last: 21John Wesley underlined "of all" in his personal copy, drawing a "Q" (for Question) in the margin. Page 209 Whate'er I ask with longing heart Expecting to receive, Almighty God, thou ready art, And promisest to give. I ask the gift of righteousness, The sin-subduing power, Power to believe, and go in peace, And never grieve thee more; I ask the blood-bought pardon seal'd, The liberty from sin, The grace infus'd, the love reveal'd, The kingdom fixt within.