Wesley Corpus

In this accepted hour The promis'd God impart, Open a spring of life and power Eternal in my heart; To all the world below So shall my bowels move, So shall my heart like thine o'reflow With everlasting love. Hymn VII.2 John xiv. 16. Jesu, we hang upon the word Our faithful souls have heard from thee, Be mindful of thy promise, Lord, Thy promise made to all, and me, Thy followers who thy steps pursue, And dare believe that God is true. Thou saidst, I will the Father pray, And he the Paraclete shall give, Shall give him in your hearts to stay, And never more his temple leave; Myself will to my orphans come, And make you my eternal home. i.e. Pleader, Advocate, or Comforter. 2Manuscript version appears in MS John, 290. Page 10 Come then, dear Lord, thyself reveal, And let the promise now take place, Be it according to thy will, According to thy word of grace, Thy sorrowful disciples chear, And send us down the Comforter. He visits now the troubled breast, And oft relieves our sad complaint, But soon we lose the transient guest, But soon we droop again, and faint, Repeat the melancholy moan, Our joy is fled, our comfort gone. Hasten him, Lord, into our heart, Our sure inseparable guide; O might we meet and never part, O might he in our heart3 abide, And keep his house of praise and prayer, And rest, and reign forever there. Hymn VIII. John xiv. 16. Jesus, thy word we dare believe! To us the Father in thy name Another Paraclete shall give, Another, yet with thee the same. The Father shall thy Spirit send, Send him no more to take away, Send him to guide us to the end, And always in his temple stay. The Comforter shall surely come, And all the heirs of glory seal, And God in us shall fix his home, And in his church forever dwell. 3"Heart" changed to "hearts" in 1775 edn. and following; as in Festival Hymns (1746). Page 11 He doth in all his saints reside, The promis'd Paraclete is given, The Saviour's word is verified, The Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. We for thy fleshly presence here The presence of thy Spirit receive, That everlasting Comforter Doth still in all his people live.