Leave me in doubts, in darkness leave;
But at my latest hour forgive."

2 Deliver from the wrath to come,
And scourge me, Saviour, to the tomb,
I to thy righteous will submit,
And weep unanswer'd at thy feet;
But when my dying head I bow,
Assure me then, thou heard'st me now!

HYMN DVI.

The aged Christian's Prayer. 2 Pet. i. 14.

C. WESLEY.

1 I TOO, forewarn'd by Jesus' love,
Must shortly lay my body down;
But e'er my soul from earth remove,
O let me put thine image on!

2 Saviour thy meek and lowly mind,
Be to thine aged servant given,
And glad I'll drop this tent, to find
Mine everlasting house in heaven.

HYMN DVII.

The aged Pastor's Prayer. John 4.

1

JES

C. WESLEY

ESUS, to me the joy impart,
Which fills a faithful pastor' heart,
While I my children see

Walk as the heirs to joys above,
Walk in the truth of holy love,
And genuine piety.

2 Then would I cheerfully resign
My soul into the hands divine,
And sing at my release,

Now lettest thou thy servant, Lord,
Depart, according to thy word,
In everlasting peace.

HYMN DVIII.

Ministerial Humility; for a Meeting of Ministers. 3 John 9.

C. WESLEY.

! JESUS, out of our hearts remove
The bane of self-preferring love,
Which odious in thy saints appears,
Most odious in thy ministers:

2 Let each confess with humble shame
I nothing have, I nothing am:
The least of saints with pity see,
The chief of sinners save in me!

HYMN DIX.

Perseverance and Victory in Christ. Rev. ii. 26, 27.

C. WESLEY.

1 JESUS, the Son of God, in thee,

I trust for that last victory,
And kept by my eternal Friend,
I keep thy works, 'till life shall end,
Obedient unto death endure,

And find thy richest promise sure.

2 So when thou shalt on earth appear,
To fix thy heavenly kingdom here,
I shall with my Redeemer join,
Partake the victory divine,

And cloth'd with thy resistless power
The Conqueror of the world adore.

HYMN DX.

Chastisement received with Humility. Rev. iii. 19.

C. WESLEY.

1 IT is the Lord, who doth not grieve

Or needlessly reprove;

Saviour I thankfully receive
The tokens of thy love :

2 The tokens of thy love I prize, By answering thine intent,

By listening to thy word that cries, "Be zealous and repent.”

HYMN DXI.

Jesus our Refuge; or, a Song of Triumph. Is. xxvi. 1-3.

THE

C. WESLEY.

HE day, the Gospel Day draws near
When sinners shall their voices raise,
Sing the New Song with Heart sincere
Triumphant in the Land of Praise.
2 Glory to God! they all shall cry:
Who is so great a God as Our's!
We have a City strong and high,

Salvation is for Walls and Towers.

3 Secure from danger, as from dread,
We never shall be put to shame
Who hither have for refuge fled;
For Jesus is our City's name.

4 Open the gates, and open wide
Let every faithful soul

go in; Open for all the justified,

Who keep the truth that frees from sin.

5 Who thee remembers in thy ways,
And follows after holiness,

Because on thee his mind he stays,
Him thou wilt keep in perfect peace.

1

HYMN DXII.

Trust in the Lord! Is. xxvi. 4, 5.

TRUST

C. WESLEY.

RUST in the Lord ye sons of men,
The Lord Almighty to redeem;
Your faith in him shall not be vain,
He saves whoever trusts in Him.
2 His saving power no limit knows

In strength and goodness infinite;
Satan and sin his arm o'erthrows,

And bruises them beneath our feet.
3 He brings them down who dwell on high,
Humbles each vain aspiring boast,
Bulwarks and towers that threat the sky,
He fells, and levels with the dust.

4 He lays the lofty city low,

O'erturns and brings it to the ground;
His hands destroy the inbred foe,
And all the strength of sin confound.

HYMN DXIII.

God overthrows Falsehood, and establishes his own Truth. Is. xliv. 24-26.

C. WESLEY.

10 ISRAEL, hear, thy God hath said,

The voice of thy Creator own,

I am the Lord, who all things made,

And still stretch out the heavens alone.