Wesley Corpus

O King of saints, come down In dazling majesty, Thy suffering witnesses to crown, Who share thy cross with thee: Thou promisest to give The crown at that glad day To all who lovingly believe, And for thy coming stay. Page 340 The name, the cross we love Of our exalted friend, And still, to meet thee from above, Our hearts to heaven we send: And when thou dost appear, Thou wilt the kingdom give, And all thy fellow-sufferers here Into thy joy receive. "The Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom." 2 Tim. iv. 18. That stedfast faith divine, Jesus, on me bestow, T' assure this trembling heart of mine, Thou wilt not let me go; In every time of need Thou wilt my soul defend, And save from every evil deed, 'Till all my conflicts end. With me, most gracious Lord, In my temptation stay, And by thy comfortable word Preserve unto that day, When thou, our King, shalt come With all thine angels down, And take thy suffering servants home, And with thy glory crown. Page 341 Hymn 670. "Looking for that blessed hope." Titus ii. 13. Fill'd with the blessedness of hope, And love which casts out fear, Divinely taught our souls look up, To see their Lord appear: Jesus, the one great God supreme, Our Saviour shall come down, And find us gazing after him, And with his glory crown. "He gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity." Titus ii. 14. 'Tis this must banish my complaints, Must make an end of sin in me, I grant it the faint-hearted saints,79 That only death can set me free: But whose shall purge my inbred stain? The death of God, and not of man. Believing the pure fountain flow'd, To make my life and nature clean, I seek redemption in thy blood From outward and from inward sin, Whoe'er expect it from their own, Jesus, I trust thy death alone. 79John Wesley wrote "True" in the margin of his personal copy after this line.