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HEB. xii. 2. Looking unto JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our Faith.
I.
1 WEARY of struggling with my Pain,
2 Hopeless to burst my Nature's Chain,
3 Hardly I give the Contest o'er,
4 I seek to free myself no more.
II.
5 From my own Works at last I cease,
6 GOD that creates must seal my Peace;
7 Fruitless my Toil and Vain my Care,
8 And all my Fitness is Despair.
III.
9 LORD, I despair myself to heal,
10 I see my Sin, but cannot feel:
11 I cannot, till thy Spirit blow,
12 And bid th' Obedient Waters flow.
IV.
13 'Tis Thine a Heart of Flesh to give,
14 Thy Gifts I only can receive:
15 Here then to Thee I all resign,
16 To draw, redeem, and seal is Thine.
V.
[Page 92]17 With simple Faith, to Thee I call.
18 My Light, my Life, my LORD, my All:
19 I wait the Moving of the Pool;
20 I wait the Word that speaks me Whole.
VI.
21 Speak gracious Lord, my Sickness cure,
22 Make my infected Nature pure;
23 Peace, Righteousness and Joy impart,
24 And pour Thyself into my Heart.
Source edition
Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788. Hymns and sacred poems: Published by John Wesley, ... and Charles Wesley, ... London: printed by William Strahan; and sold by James Hutton; and at Mr. Bray's, 1739, pp. 91-92. x,[6],223,[1]p.; 12⁰. (ESTC T31323; OTA K034809.000) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Vet. A4 f. 254].)
Editorial principles
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Other works by Rev. Charles Wesley
- The 53d Chapter of ISAIAH. ()
- ACTS i. 4. Wait for the Promise of the Father, which ye have heard of me. ()
- ACTS ii. 41, &c. ()
- ACTS iv. 29. ()
- After a Recovery from Sickness. ()
- Another. ()
- Another. ()
- Another. ()
- At MEALS. ()
- CHRIST the Friend of Sinners. ()
- Congratulation to a Friend, upon Believing in CHRIST. ()
- FREE GRACE. ()
- GAL. iii. 22. The Scripture hath concluded all under Sin, that the Promise by Faith of JESUS CHRIST might be given to them that believe. ()
- Glory be to GOD on high, &c. ()
- GRACE after MEAT. ()
- GRACE after MEAT. ()
- GRACE before MEAT. ()
- GRACE before MEAT. ()
- HYMN after the Sacrament. ()
- HYMN for ASCENSION-DAY. ()
- HYMN for CHRISTMAS-DAY. ()
- HYMN for EASTER-DAY. ()
- A HYMN for MIDNIGHT. ()
- HYMN for the EPIPHANY. ()
- HYMN for WHITSUNDAY. ()
- HYMN of THANKSGIVING to the FATHER. ()
- HYMN on the Titles of CHRIST. ()
- HYMN to CHRIST the King. ()
- HYMN to CONTEMPT. ()
- HYMN to the HOLY GHOST. ()
- HYMN to the HOLY GHOST. ()
- HYMN to the SON. ()
- IId HYMN to CHRIST the King. ()
- IId HYMN to CHRIST. ()
- IIId HYMN to CHRIST. ()
- In AFFLICTION. ()
- In DESERTION or TEMPTATION. ()
- ISA. li. 9, &c. ()
- ISAIAH xliii. 1, 2, 3. ()
- JOHN xv. 18, 19. ()
- JOHN xvi. 24. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your Joy may be full. ()
- JUSTIFIED, but not SANCTIFIED. ()
- The MAGNIFICAT. ()
- MATTH. V. 3. Blessed are they that mourn. ()
- A MORNING HYMN. ()
- On Reading Monsr. de RENTY's Life. ()
- On the Conversion of a Common Harlot. LUKE XV. 10. There is Joy in the Presence of the Angels of GOD over one Sinner that repenteth. ()
- A PRAYER under Convictions. ()
- ROM. iv. 5. To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the Ungodly, his Faith is counted for Righteousness. ()
- SOLITUDE. From the Latin. ()
- Therefore with Angels, &c. ()
- To be sung at WORK. ()
- Written in the Beginning of a Recovery from Sickness. ()
- ZEAL. ()