Wesley Corpus

The world may thus our words deny, Who pardon, or perfection claim; But when our actions testify, When all our lives declare the same, They must th' authentic truth receive, They must thy witnesses believe. "The Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me." John xv. 26. Spirit of truth, the Comforter, Proceeding from the Father's throne, Come, and thine inward witness bear Of Jesus, his eternal Son; Page 262 Him, the great uncreated Word, Give me the God supreme to call, Essence, I AM, Jehovah, Lord, My God, who made, and died for all. "And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning." John xv. 27. Thy weak disciple I, Jesus, for years have been: Thee let me testify The truth, that frees from sin, The wisdom from above, The life to mortals given, The power of perfect love, The way to God in heaven. "These things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me." John xvi. 3. The world, who know not God, Must hate the men that do, And live by faith in Jesu's blood, And Jesu's tempers shew: And if the sons of night Usurp the Christian name, They still abhor the sons of light, In every age the same. Their ignorance, we find The ground of enmity, That hatred of the carnal mind Against thy church and thee: But warn'd by thee our Lord, We suffer all their ill, Who every day deny thy word, And every day fulfil. "If I go not away, the Comforter will not come." John xvi. 7. Can I gain by losing thee? Yes, if so my state require, If mine own infirmity Force thee, Saviour, to retire: