Wesley Corpus

True witness of our sonship thee We feel, from fear and sorrow free, And Father, Abba Father, cry, Seal of our endless bliss thou art, Foretaste and earnest in our heart Of pleasures that shall never die. First-fruits of yonder land above Celestial joy, seraphick LOVE To us, to us in thee is given: And all that to the Spirit sow, Shall of the Spirit reap, and know The ripest happiness of heaven. Page 36 Hymn XXXII. Away with our fears, Our troubles and tears! The Spirit is come, The witness of Jesus return'd to his home: The pledge of our Lord To his heaven restor'd, Is sent from the sky, And tells us our head is exalted on high. Our Advocate there By his blood and his prayer The gift hath obtain'd, For us he hath pray'd, and the Comforter gain'd: Our glorified head His Spirit hath shed With his people to stay, And never again will he take him away. Our heavenly guide With us shall abide; His comforts33 impart, And set up his kingdom of LOVE in the heart: The heart that believes His kingdom receives, His power and his peace, His life, and his joy's everlasting increase. The presence divine Doth inwardly shine, The Shechinah rests On all our assemblies, and glows in our breasts. By day and by night The pillar of light Our steps shall attend, And convoy us safe to our prosperous end. Then let us rejoice In heart and in voice, Our leader pursue, And shout as we travel the wilderness thro'; With the Spirit remove To Sion above, Triumphant arise And walk in our God, 'till we fly to the skies. 33"Comforts" changed to "comfort" in 2nd edn. (1747) through 1768 edn.