CHARLES WESLEY. STANZAS FROM "THE TRUE USE | Visit, then, this soul of mine, OF MUSIC." LISTED into the cause of sin, Pressed to obey the devil- Down to eternal ruin. Who on the part of God will rise, Innocent sound recover Fly on the prey, and take the prize, Every melting measure- Come, let us try if Jesus' love THE ONLY LIGHT. CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, Dark and cheerless is the morn Till Thy mercy's beams I see; Pierce the gloom of sin and grief! Fill me, Radiancy Divine, Scatter all my unbelief! JESUS, LOVER OF MY SOUL. Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to Thy bosom fly, While the nearer waters roll, While the tempest still is nigh! Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past: Safe into Thy haven guideO receive my soul at last! Other refuge have I none Hangs my helpless soul on Thee; Leave, ah! leave me not alone Still support and comfort me. All my trust on Thee is stayed, Cover my defenceless head All my help from Thee I bring: With the shadow of Thy wing. Wilt Thou not regard my call? Wilt Thou not regard my prayer? Lo! I sink, I faint, I fall Lo! on Thee I cast my care; Reach me out Thy gracious hand, While I of Thy strength receive! Hoping against hope I stand Dying, and behold I live. Thou, O Christ, art all I want More than all in Thee I find; Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is Thy nameI am all unrighteousness; False, and full of sin I am:Thou art full of truth and grace. THINK not some knowledge rests with thee alone. To swell the mighty storehouse of things known. In vain the sea expostulates and raves; BLANCO WHITE. TO NIGHT. MYSTERIOUS Night! when our first | And lo! creation widened in man's parent knew Thee from report divine, and heard view. Who could have thought such darkness lay concealed Within thy beams, O Sun! or who could find, While fly, and leaf, and insect lay revealed, That to such countless orbs thou madest us blind! Why do we, then, shun Death with anxious strife ? If Light can thus deceive, wherefore not Life? |