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Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, 3
From Hymns on God's Everlasting Love (1741) · Osborn ed., vol. 3 (1869)
O All that pass by, To Jesus draw near!
He utters a cry; Ye sinners, give ear:
From hell to retrieve you, He spreads out His hands:
Now, now, to receive you He graciously stands.
"If any man thirst, And happy would be,
The vilest and worst May come unto Me;
May drink of My Spirit, (Excepted is none,)
Lay claim to My merit, And take for his own."
Whoever receives The life-giving word,
In Jesus believes, His God and his Lord,
In him a 7 are river Of life shall arise,
Shall i- the believer Spring up to the skies.
My God and my Lord, Thy call I obey;
My soul on Thy word Of promise I stay;
Thy kind invitation I gladly embrace,
Athirst for salvation, Salvation by grace.
O hasten the hour, Send down from above
The Spirit of power, Of health, and of love,
Of filial fear, Of knowledge and grace,
Of wisdom, of prayer, Of joy, and of praise;
The Spirit of faith, Of faith in Thy blood,
Which saves us from wrath And brings us to God,
Removes the huge mountain Of indwelling sin,
And opens a fountain That washes us clean.
Codex Note
Attributed to Charles Wesley; Osborn's edition does not distinguish the brothers
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Wesley, Charles. “Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, 3.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/350/.
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