Wesley Corpus

Our concert of praise To Jesus we raise, And all the night long Continue the new evangelical song: We dance to the fame Of Jesus's name; The joy it imparts Is heaven begun in our musical hearts. Thus, thus we bestow Our moments below, And singing remove, With all the redeem'd to the Sion above: There, there we shall stand With our harps in our hand, Interrupted no more, And eternally sing, and rejoice, and adore. Hymn X.12 Ye virgin souls arise, With all the dead awake, Unto salvation wise, Oil in your vessels take; Upstarting at the midnight cry, Behold the heavenly Bridegroom nigh. Page 11 He comes, he comes to call The nations to his bar, And raise to glory all Who fit for glory are: Made ready for your full reward, Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. Go meet him in the sky, Your everlasting friend, Your head to glorify, With all his saints ascend; Ye pure in heart, obtain the grace To see without a veil his face. Ye that have here receiv'd The unction from above, And in his Spirit liv'd Obedient to his love, Jesus shall claim you for his bride; Rejoice with all the sanctified. Rejoice in glorious hope Of that great day unknown, When all shall be caught up And stand before his throne; Call'd to partake the marriage-feast, And lean on our Emmanuel's breast. The everlasting doors Shall soon the saints receive, Above those angel-powers In glorious joy to live, Far from a world of grief and sin, With God eternally shut in. Then let us wait to hear The trumpet's welcome sound; To see our Lord appear, Watching let us be found, When Jesus doth the heavens bow, Be found as, Lord, thou find'st us now! Page 12 13Appeared first in HSP (1749), 2:138. Hymn XI.13 Join all ye ransom'd sons of grace, The holy joy prolong, And shout to the Redeemer's praise A solemn midnight song. Blessing, and thanks, and love, and might Be to our Jesus given, Who turns our darkness into light, Who turns our hell to heaven. Thither our faithful souls he leads, Thither he bids us rise, With crowns of joy upon our heads, To meet him in the skies.