Wesley Corpus

Jesus, let thy kingdom come (Inspir'd by thee we pray) Previous to the general doom, The everlasting day! Take possession of thine own; And let us then our Saviour see Glorious on thy heavenly throne, Thro' all eternity. "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." Rev. i. 10. May I throughout this day of thine Be in thy Spirit, Lord, Spirit of humble fear divine That trembles at thy word, Spirit of faith my heart to raise, And fix on things above, Spirit of sacrifice and praise, Of holiness and love. "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last." Rev. i. 11. Jesus, the first and last, On thee my soul is cast: Thou didst thy work begin By blotting out my sin; Thou wilt the root remove, And perfect me in love. Yet when the work is done, The work is but begun: Partaker of thy grace, I long to see thy face: The first I prove below, The last I die to know. 129John Wesley drew a vertical line crossing out this entire hymn in his personal copy. Page 415 "He laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last." Rev. i. 17. What but thy right hand of power (Power display'd in perfect love) Can my confidence restore, Can my torturing fear remove? Lord, in this poor groveling soul Now thy Spirit's power exert, Now my unbelief controul, Purify and calm my heart. Master, at thy feet I wait, Thy reviving voice to hear: Raise me to my first estate, Shew thyself the Finisher, Perfect what thou hast begun, And when all my griefs are past, And when all my work is done, Glorify my soul at last. "I know thy works." Rev. ii. 2. Happy the man, who poor and low, Less goodness in himself conceives Than130 Christ doth of his servant know; Who sav'd from self-reflection lives, Unconscious of the grace bestow'd,131 Simply resign'd, and lost in God. Himself he cannot perfect call, Or to the meanest saint prefer, Meanest himself, and least of all: And when the glorious character His spotless soul with Christ receives, His state to that great day he leaves.132 "To him that overcometh, will I give to eat of the tree of life, c." Rev. ii. 7.