Wesley Corpus

Thou art the universal soul, The plastick power that fills the whole, And governs earth, air, sea, and sky, The creatures all, thy breath receive, And who by thy inspiring live, Without thy inspiration die. Spirit immense, eternal mind, Thou on the souls of lost mankind Dost with benignest influence move, Pleas'd to restore the ruin'd race, And new-create a world of grace In all the image of thy love. Hymn XXIX. Spirit of grace, we bless thy name, Thy works and offices proclaim, Thy fruits, and properties, and powers: Thou dost with kind intendring care The godless heart of man prepare, That God may yet again be ours. Thou didst thy fallen creature see Fallen from happiness and thee, And swiftly to our rescue come, Well pleas'd amongst the sons of men To fix thy residence again, And make them thy eternal home. Thou dost the first good thought inspire, The first faint spark of pure desire Is kindled by thy gracious breath, By thee made conscious of his fall, The sinner hears thy sudden call, And starts out of the sleep of death. Page 33 Convinc'd of sin and unbelief He sinks o'erwhelm'd with sacred grief, And pines disconsolate for God, Till thou the healing balm apply, The sinner freely justify In Jesu's name, and Jesu's blood. Hymn XXX. Spirit of power, 'tis thine alone To finish what thyself begun, And crown thy work with full success, To them that groan beneath their sin, Thou bring'st the sweet refreshment in, The everlasting righteousness. Thou dost by thine almighty grace Again the abject sinner raise, Again our fleshly souls refine, Spirit of spirit born, we love, And only seek the things above, And live on earth the life divine. Thou dost the vital seed infuse, Thou dost the creature new produce In all its glorious parts compleat, The subjects of thy31 kingdom here Thou makest, ere32 the judge appear, For all thy heavenly kingdom meet. Thou that revealing Spirit art Who dost the hearing ear impart, The clear illuminated sight, Spirit of wisdom from on high, Of knowledge that shall never die, Of holy, true, eternal light.