When sin shall all be purged away!
The night of doubts and fears is past;
The Morning Star appears at last,

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And I shall see the perfect day.

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PART II.

SOON shall hear Thy, quickening voice,
Shall always pray, give thanks, rejoice;
(This is Thy will, and faithful word;)
My spirit meek, my will resigned;
Lowly as Thine shall be my mind ;
The servant shall be as his Lord.

2 Already, Lord, I feel Thy power;
Preserved from evil every hour,

My great Preserver I proclaim :
Safety and strength in Thee I have;
I find, I find Thee strong to save,

And know that Jesus is Thy name.
3 By faith I every moment stand,
Strangely upheld by Thy right hand;
I my own wickedness eschew;
A sinner, I am kept from sin ;
And Thou shalt make me pure within,
And Thou shalt form my soul anew.

4 Come, then, and loose my stammering tongue, Teach me the new, the joyful song,

And perfect in a babe Thy praise: I want a thousand lives to' employ In publishing the sounds of joy,

The gospel of Thy general grace.

5 Come, Lord, Thy Spirit bids Thee come; Give me Thyself, and take me home;

Be now the glorious earnest given !

The counsel of Thy grace fulfil;
Thy kingdom come, Thy perfect will
Be done on earth, as 'tis in heaven.

3 I thank Thee for that gracious taste, (Which pride would not permit to last,) That touch of love, that pledge of heaven: Surely on me my Father smiled, And once I knew Him reconciled, And once I felt my sins forgiven. 4 My Lord and God I then could see, My Saviour, who hath died for me, To bring the rebel near to God; Thou didst, Thou didst, Thy peace impart, Pardon was written on my heart, In largest characters of blood. 5 Vilest of all the sons of men, When I to folly turned again,

And sinned against Thy light and love, Grace did much more than sin abound; Amazed, I still forgiveness found,

And thanked my Advocate above. 6 Saviour, for this I thank Thee now; My Saviour to the utmost, Thou Hast snatched me from the gates of hell; That I to all mankind may prove Thy free, Thine everlasting love, Which all mankind with me may

feel.

7 The boundless love that found out me,
For every soul of man is free;

None of Thy mercy need despair;
Patient, and pitiful, and kind,
Thee every soul of man may find,

And, freely saved, Thy grace declare.

8 A vile, backsliding sinner, I

Ten thousand deaths deserve to die;
Yet still by sovereign grace I live!
Saviour, to Thee, I still look up;
I see an open door of hope;

And wait Thy fulness to receive.

9 How shall I thank Thee for the grace, The trust I have to see Thy face,

When sin shall all be purged away
The night of doubts and fears is past;
The Morning Star appears at last,
And I shall see the perfect day.

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L.M. 6 lines, triplets. C. WESLEY. 1742.

PART II.

SOON shall hear Thy quickening voice,
Shall always pray, give thanks, rejoice;
(This is Thy will, and faithful word;)
My spirit meek, my will resigned;
Lowly as Thine shall be my mind

The servant shall be as his Lord.

2 Already, Lord, I feel Thy power;
Preserved from evil every hour,

My great Preserver I proclaim :
Safety and strength in Thee I have;
I find, I find Thee strong to save,
And know that Jesus is Thy name.
3 By faith I every moment stand,
Strangely upheld by Thy right hand;
I my own wickedness eschew;
A sinner, I am kept from sin;
And Thou shalt make me pure within,
And Thou shalt form my soul anew.

4 Come, then, and loose my stammering tongue, Teach me the new, the joyful song,

And perfect in a babe Thy praise:
I want a thousand lives to' employ
In publishing the sounds of joy,
The gospel of Thy general grace.

5 Come, Lord, Thy Spirit bids Thee come;
Give me Thyself, and take me home;
Be now the glorious earnest given!
The counsel of Thy grace fulfil;
Thy kingdom come, Thy perfect will
Be done on earth, as 'tis in heaven.

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COME, and dwell in me,
Spirit of power within!

And bring the glorious liberty
From sorrow, fear, and sin.
The seed of sin's disease,
Spirit of health, remove,
Spirit of finished holiness,
Spirit of perfect love.

2 Hasten the joyful day,

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Which shall my sins consume,
When old things shall be passed away,
And all things new become.

The' original offence

Out of my soul erase;

Enter Thyself, and drive it hence,

And take up all the place.

I want the witness, Lord,
That all I do is right,
According to Thy will and word,
Well-pleasing in Thy sight.
I ask no higher state;

Indulge me but in this,

And soon or later then translate
To my eternal bliss.

7s & 6s.

C. WESLEY. 1762.

Gen. ii. 7. Lev. xxvi. 13. Gen. xvii. 1; i. 26.

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ATHER, see this living clod,
This spark of heavenly fire;
See my soul, the breath of God,
Doth after God aspire :
Let it still to heaven ascend,
Till I my principle rejoin,

Blended with my glorious end,
And lost in Love Divine.

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Lord, if Thou from me hast broke
The power of outward sin,
Burst this Babylonish yoke,

And make me free within:
Bid my inbred sin depart,
And I Thy utmost word shall prove,
Upright both in life and heart,
And perfected in love.

God of all-sufficient grace,

My God in Christ Thou art ;
Bid me walk before Thy face,
Till I am pure in heart;
Till, transformed by faith divine,
I gain that perfect love unknown,
Bright in all Thine image shine,
By putting on Thy Son.
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
In council join again,

To restore Thine image lost

By frail, apostate man :
Oh might I Thy form express,
Through faith begotten from above,
Stamped with real holiness,

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And filled with perfect love!

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Ezek. xvi. 62, 63.

C. WESLEY. 1762.

GOD, most merciful and true!
Thy nature to my soul impart ;
'Stablish with me the covenant new,
And write perfection on my heart.

2 To real holiness restored,

Oh let me gain my Saviour's mind!
And, in the knowledge of my Lord,
Fulness of life eternal find.

3 Remember, Lord, my sins no more,
That them I may no more forget;
But sunk in guiltless shame adore,
With speechless wonder, at Thy feet.