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2 more Wesley hymns

1 LET the world their virtue boast, Their works of righteousness; I, a wretch undone and lost, Am freely saved by grace; Other title I disclaim; This, only this, is all my plea, I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. 2 Happy they whose joys abound Like Jordan's swelling stream, Who their heaven in Christ have found, And give the praise to him; Meanest follower of the Lamb, His steps I at a distance see; I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. 3 I, like Gideon's fleece, am found Unwatered still, and dry, While the dew on all around Falls plenteous from the sky; Yet my Lord I cannot blame, The Saviour's grace for all is free; I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. 4 Surely he will lift me up, For I of him have need, I cannot give up my hope, Though I am cold and dead; To bring fire on earth he came, O that it now might kindled be! I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. 5 Jesus, thou for me hast died, And thou in me shalt live, I shal...

Two of Wesley's Hymns (mentioning Perfection)

How can a sinner know His sins on earth forgiven? How can my Saviour show My name inscribed in Heaven? What we ourselves have felt, and seen, With confidence we tell, And publish to the sons of men The signs infallible. We who in Christ believe That He for us hath died, His unknown peace receive, And feel His blood applied: Exults for joy our rising soul, Disburdened of her load, And swells, unutterably full Of glory, and of God. His love, surpassing far The love of all beneath, We find within, and dare The pointless darts of death: Stronger than death, or sin, or hell, The mystic power we prove, And conquerors of the world we dwell In Heaven, who dwell in love. The pledge of future bliss He now to us imparts, His gracious Spirit is The earnest in our hearts: We antedate the joys above, We taste the’ eternal powers, And know that all those heights of love, And all those heavens are ours. Till He our life reveal, We rest in Christ secure: His Spirit is the seal, Which made our ...

John Wesley's Hymns

Today I started reading through "Wesley's Hymns" and came across some really beautiful lines. "I bid you all my goodness prove: My promises for all are free: Come, taste the manna of my love, and let your souls delight in Me" "Thy faithfulness, Lord, each moment we find, so true to Thy word, so loving and kind, Thy mercy so tender to all the lost race, the vilest offender may turn and find grace." "Ye all may find favour, who come at His call. O come to my Saviour, His Grace is for all." "He offers you pardon; He bids you be free: If sin be your burden, O come unto Me." "To us, at thy feet, The Comforter give, who gasp to admit Thy Spirit and live; The weakest believers acknowledge for thine, and fill us with rivers of water divine!" "There we shall see his face, and never, never sin; There, from the rivers of His grace, drink endless pleasures in: Yea, and before we rise to that immortal state, T...