 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
“LITTLE CHILDREN, LOVE ONE ANOTHER.”
Giver of concord, Prince of peace,
Meek, lamb-like Son of God,
Bid our unruly passions cease;
O, quench them with Thy blood!
Meek, lamb-like Son of God,
Bid our unruly passions cease;
O, quench them with Thy blood!
Rebuke the seas, the tempest chide,
Our stubborn wills control,
Beat down our wrath, root out our pride,
And calm our troubled soul.
Our stubborn wills control,
Beat down our wrath, root out our pride,
And calm our troubled soul.
Subdue in us the carnal mind,
Its enmity destroy;
With cords of love the' old Adam bind,
And melt him into joy.
Its enmity destroy;
With cords of love the' old Adam bind,
And melt him into joy.
Us into closest union draw,
And in our inward parts
Let kindness sweetly write her law,
Let love command our hearts.
And in our inward parts
Let kindness sweetly write her law,
Let love command our hearts.
O, let Thy love our hearts constrain!
Jesus the Crucified,
What hast Thou done our hearts to gain!
Languish'd, and groan'd, and died!
Jesus the Crucified,
What hast Thou done our hearts to gain!
Languish'd, and groan'd, and died!
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Who would not now pursue the way
Where Jesu's footsteps shine?
Who would not own the pleasing sway
Of charity Divine?
Where Jesu's footsteps shine?
Who would not own the pleasing sway
Of charity Divine?
Saviour, look down with pitying eyes,
Our jarring wills control;
Let cordial, kind affections rise,
And harmonise the soul.
Our jarring wills control;
Let cordial, kind affections rise,
And harmonise the soul.
Thee let us feel benignly near,
With all Thy quickening powers;
The sounding of Thy bowels hear,
And answer Thee with ours.
With all Thy quickening powers;
The sounding of Thy bowels hear,
And answer Thee with ours.
O, let us find the ancient way
Our wondering foes to move,
And force the heathen world to say,
“See how these Christians love!”
Our wondering foes to move,
And force the heathen world to say,
“See how these Christians love!”
| The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley | |