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Hymns and Poems. Miscellaneous Hymns and Poems. Hymn on the Means of Grace

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Miscellaneous Hymns and Poems · Osborn ed., vol. 8 (1870)

Religion

"Thou meetest those that remember Thee m Thy ways."
— Isaiah Ixiv. 5.

Come, Lord, to a soul That waits in Thy ways,
That stays at the pool Expecting Thy grace:
To see Thy salvation, And prove all Thy will,
With sure expectation I calmly stand still.

With fasting and prayer My Saviour I seek.
And listen to hear The Comforter speak:
In searching and hearing The life-giving word,
I wait Thy appearing, I look for my Lord.

Because Thou hast said. Do this for My sake.
The mystical bread I gladly partake,
I thirst for the Spirit That flows from above,
And long to inherit Thy fulness of love.

Tis here I look up, And grasp at Thy mind,
Here cvily I hope Thine image to find:
The means of bestowing Thy gift I embrace,
But all things are owing To Jesus's grace.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Poems. Miscellaneous Hymns and Poems. Hymn on the Means of Grace.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2349/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Hymns and Poems. Miscellaneous Hymns and Poems. Hymn on the Means of Grace.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/2349/.

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