Wesley Corpus

A Collection of Hymns (1780)

AuthorCharles Wesley
Typehymn-collection
Year1780
Passage IDcw-hymns-1780-308
Words387
Sourcehttps://www.ccel.org/ccel/wesley/hymn.html
Christology Repentance
Nor human hearts can e'er conceive The bliss wherein through Christ they live ; But all your heaven, ye glorious powers, And all your God, is doubly ours ! 0/4 Incarnation, 2e Living Way opened, 1 T ESUS, to thee we fly, J On thee for help rely : Thou our only refuge art, Thou dost all our fears control, Rest of every troubled heart, Life of every dying soul. 2 We lift our joyful eyes, And see the dazzling prize, See the purchase of thy blood, Freely now to sinners given ; Thou the living way hast show'd, Thou to us hast open'd heaven. 3 We now, divinely bold, Of thy reward lay hold : All thy glorious joy is ours, All the treasures of thy love ; Now we taste the heavenly powers, Now we reign with thee above. 4 Our anchor sure and fast Within the veil is cast ; Stands our never-failing hope Grounded in the holy place ; We shall after thee mount up, See the Godhead face to face. 5 By faith already there, In thee our Head, we are ; With our great Forerunner we Now in heavenly places sit, Banquet with the Deity, See the world beneath our feet. Sufferings, fyc of Christ. o7b (5 Thou art our flesh and bone, Thou art to heaven gone ; Gone, that we might all pursue, Closely in thy footsteps tread ; Gone, that we might follow too, Reign triumphant with our Head. Priesthood of Christ. 1 TNTER'D the holy place above, -■ d Cover'd with meritorious scars, The tokens of his dying love, Our great High-Priest in glory bears ; He pleads his passion on the tree, He shows himself to God for me. 2 Before the throne my Saviour stands, My Friend and Advocate appears ; My name is graven on his hands, And him the Father always hears ; While low at Jesu's cross I bow, He hears the blood of sprinkling now. 3 This instant now I may receive The answer of his powerful prayer : This instant now by him I live, His prevalence with God declare ; And soon my spirit, in his hands, Sball stand where my Forerunner stands HYMN 628. c. m. The Resurrection of Christ. 1 VTE humble souls, that seek the Lord,