Charles Wesley

“ We commune of Thyself alone.
2⁠How can it be, our Reason cries,
⁠That GOD should leave his Throne above?
Is it for Man th'Immortal dies!
⁠For Man, who tramples on his Love!
For Man, who nail'd him to the Tree! ”

“ Hymn VI.
1⁠COME then, thou Prophet of the LORD,
⁠Thou great Interpreter Divine,
Explain thine own Transmitted Word:
⁠To Teach, and to Inspire is Thine;
Thou only canst Thyself reveal:
Open the Book, and loose the Seal. ”

“ Hymn XIII.
1⁠BREAK forth into Praise!
⁠Our Surety and Head
His Members to raise,
⁠Hath rose from the Dead:⁠⁠
The Power of his Spirit
⁠Hath quicken'd our Lord,
That we by his Merit
⁠May all be restor'd. ”

“ Rejoice, again, I say, Rejoice.
5⁠⁠He all his Foes shall quell,
⁠Shall all our Sins destroy,
⁠And every Bosom swell
⁠With pure Seraphic Joy:
Lift up your Heart, lift up your Voice,
Rejoice, again, I say, rejoice. ”

“ Christ is risen from the Dead,
⁠Lives the Lord who died for you!
⁠2⁠Haste, to his Tomb repair,
⁠And see the Tokens there;
See the Place where JESUS lay,
⁠Mark the Burial-Cloaths He wore:
Angels near his Relicks stay,
⁠Guards of Him who dies no more.
⁠3⁠Why then art Thou cast down,
⁠Thou poor afflicted One? ”

“ By thy Baptism baptize us
⁠Into all thy Glorious Name.
3⁠By thy Fasting and Temptation
⁠Mortify our vain Desires,
Take away what Sense, or Passion,
⁠Appetite, or Flesh requires:
Arm us with thy Self-denial,
⁠Every tempted Soul defend,
Save us in the fiery Trial,
⁠Make us faithful to the End. ”

“ To Her
⁠Farther still his Grace extends,
Raises the glad Messenger,
⁠Sends her to his drooping Friends:⁠⁠
Tidings of their living LORD
⁠First in Her Report they find:
She must spread the Gospel Word,
⁠Teach the Teachers of Mankind. ”

“ And then the Father rais'd him up,
⁠And GOD again was born.
⁠4⁠This Jesus is restor'd
⁠To Life by Power Divine;
We all proclaim our Living Lord,
⁠And in his Praises join:
⁠We are his Witnesses,
⁠He is gone up on high,
Exalted to his Native Place,
⁠He lives no more to die. ”

“ Pardon and Peace in Jesus' Name,⁠⁠
⁠And Life for all Mankind.
⁠4⁠O might they all receive
⁠The bleeding Prince of Peace!
Sinners, the glad Report believe
⁠Of Jesus' Witnesses;
⁠He lives, who spilt his Blood ”