8 Your claim, alas! ye cannot prove, Ye want the genuine mark of love; Thou only, Lord, Thine own canst show, For sure Thou hast a church below. 9 The gates of hell cannot prevail; The church on earth can never fail : Ah! join me to Thy secret ones! Ah! gather all Thy living stones ! 10 Scattered o'er all the earth they lie, Till Thou collect them with Thine eye; Draw by the music of Thy Name, And charm into a beauteous frame. 11 For this the pleading Spirit groans, And cries in all Thy banished ones, Greatest of gifts, Thy love impart, And make us of one mind and heart. 12 Join every soul that looks to Thee, In bonds of perfect charity; Now, Lord, the glorious fulness give, And all in all for ever live!

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JES

ESUS, from whom all blessings flow,
Great Builder of Thy church below;
If now Thy Spirit moves my breast,
Hear, and fulfil Thine own request !
2 The few that truly call Thee Lord,
And wait Thy sanctifying word,
And Thee their utmost Saviour own;
Unite, and perfect them in one.
3 O let them all Thy mind express,
Stand forth Thy chosen witnesses:
Thy power unto salvation show,
And perfect holiness below.
4 In them let all mankind behold,
How Christians lived in days of old;
Mighty their envious foes to move,
A proverb of reproach-and love.

5 Call them into Thy wondrous light,
Worthy to walk with Thee in white!
Make up Thy jewels, Lord, and show
The glorious, spotless church below!
6 From every sinful wrinkle free,
Redeemed from all iniquity,

The fellowship of saints make known;
And, Oh my God, might I be one!
7 O might my lot be cast with these,
The least of Jesu's witnesses !

O that my Lord would count me meet
To wash His dear disciples' feet!
8 This only thing do I require :
Thou know'st 'tis all my heart's desire,
Freely what I receive to give,
The servant of Thy church to live:
9 After my lowly Lord to go,
And wait upon Thy saints below;
Enjoy the grace to angels given,
And serve the royal heirs of heaven.
10 Lord, if I now Thy drawings feel,
And ask according to Thy will,
Confirm the prayer, the seal impart,
And speak the answer to my heart.
11 Tell me, or Thou shalt never go,
"Thy prayer is heard; it shall be so !"
The word hath passed Thy lips, and I
Shall with Thy people live and die.

MAR

AKER, Saviour of mankind,
Who hast on me bestowed

An immortal soul, designed
To be the house of God:
Come, and now reside in me,
Never, never to remove;

Make me just, and good, like Thee,
And full of power and love.

2 Bid me in Thy image rise,
A saint, a creature new ;
True, and merciful, and wise,
And pure, and happy too:
This Thy primitive design,
That I should in Thee be blest;
Should, within the arms Divine,
For ever, ever rest.

3 Let Thy will on me be done ;
Fulfil my heart's desire,
Thee to know and love alone,
And rise in raptures higher;
Thee, descending on a cloud,
When with ravished eyes
I see,
Then I shall be filled with God
To all eternity!

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REJ

(488)

EJOICE evermore with angels above,
In Jesus's power, in Jesus's love :
With glad exultation your triumph proclaim,
Ascribing salvation to God and the Lamb.
2 Thou, Lord, our relief in trouble hast been;
Hast saved us from grief, hast saved us from sin;
The power of Thy Spirit hath set our hearts free,
And now we inherit all fulness in Thee:

3 All fulness of peace, all fulness of joy,
And spiritual bliss that never shall cloy :
To us it is given in Jesus to know
A kingdom of heaven, a heaven below.
4 No longer we join, while sinners invite ;
Nor envy the swine their brutish delight;
Their joy is all sadness, their mirth is all vain,
Their laughter is madness, their pleasure is pain.
5 Oh! might they at last with sorrow return,
The pleasures to taste for which they were born;
Our Jesus receiving our happiness prove,
The joy of believing, the heaven of love!

WEA

EARY souls, who wander wide
From the central point of bliss,
Turn to Jesus crucified,

Fly to those dear wounds of His :
Sink into the purple flood:
Rise into the life of God!

2 Find in Christ the way of peace,
Peace unspeakable, unknown:
By His pain He gives you ease,
Life by His expiring groan:
Rise exalted by His fall;
Find in Christ your all in all.
3 O believe the record true,

God to you His Son hath given !
Yo may now be happy too;

Find on earth the life of heaven:
Live the life of heaven above,
All the life of glorious love.
4 This the universal bliss,

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2

Bliss for every soul designed;
God's original promise this,
God's great gift to all mankind;
Blest in Christ this moment be!
Blest to all eternity!

YE

S.M. J. or C. WESLEY. 1747.

E simple souls that stray
Far from the path of peace,
(That lonely, unfrequented way,
To life and happiness,)
Why will ye folly love,

And throng the downward road,
And hate the wisdom from above,
And mock the sons of God?

Madness and misery

Ye count our life beneath;

3

4

5

And nothing great or good can see,
Or glorious, in our death:
As only born to grieve,
Beneath your feet we lie;
And utterly contemned we live,
And unlamented die.

So wretched and obscure,
The men whom ye despise,
So foolish, impotent, and poor,-
Above your scorn we rise;
We, through the Holy Ghost,
Can witness better things;

For He, whose blood is all our boast,
Hath made us Priests and Kings.

Riches unsearchable

'In Jesu's love we know ;

And pleasures, springing from the well Of life, our souls o'erflow;

The Spirit we receive

Of wisdom, grace, and power;
And, always sorrowful, we live
Rejoicing evermore.

Angels our servants are,
And keep in all our ways;

And in their watchful hands they bear
The sacred sons of grace:

Unto that heavenly bliss

They all our steps attend;

And God Himself our Father is,

And Jesus is our Friend.

6

With Him we walk in white;

We in His image shine;

Our robes are robes of glorious light,

Our righteousness divine:

On all the kings of earth
With pity we look down;
And claim, in virtue of our birth,
A never-fading crown.