Wesley Corpus

Thee let me drink, and thirst no more For drops of finite happiness: Spring up, O well, in heavenly power, In streams of pure perennial peace, In joy which none can take away, In life which shall forever stay. "I have meat to eat that ye know not of." John iv. 32. But if thou the Father shew, Manifest to me his love, I the hidden meat shall know, I my Master's joy shall prove, Feast with thee on heavenly food: Heaven on earth is serving God. "There is at Jerusalem a pool, which is called Bethesda." John v. 2. O Jesus, I see My Bethesda in thee; Thou art full of compassion and mercy for me: Thy blood is the pool Both for body and soul, And whoever steps in is made perfectly whole. "Wilt thou be made whole?" John v. 6. An impotent desire I feel At times to be made whole, But vain the help of man to heal My long-distemper'd soul: Page 245 The Angel-God must from the skies Come down to cure my pain: Come, Saviour, now, and bid me rise,36 And never sin again.37 "He that believeth hath everlasting life." John v. 24. Blest with the faith that works by love, Blest with eternal life thou art, Thou hast the life of those above, The seed of glory in thy heart: For God in Christ is love to man, And when to the believer given, The soul doth in itself contain The essence and the bliss of heaven. "If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true." John v. 31. And shall mere man of men demand His saying simply to receive, Before the proofs we understand, Before we see the witness live, And evidence his sins forgiven By walking like an heir of heaven?