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 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
OCCASIONED BY AN IRISH JUDGE SENTENCING ME IN MY ABSENCE TO TRANSPORTATION.
Join, all the friends of Jesus, join
Your full, exulting hearts with mine;
With mine your joyful voices raise,
Attuned to our Redeemer's praise,
Who crowns us still with victory,
And now delights to honour me!
Your full, exulting hearts with mine;
With mine your joyful voices raise,
Attuned to our Redeemer's praise,
Who crowns us still with victory,
And now delights to honour me!
Me He hath counted for His name
Worthy to suffer wrong and shame;
Condemn'd for publishing my Lord,
Proscribed for ministering His word;
Untried, unheard, to exile driven,
'Gainst all the laws of earth and heaven.
Worthy to suffer wrong and shame;
Condemn'd for publishing my Lord,
Proscribed for ministering His word;
Untried, unheard, to exile driven,
'Gainst all the laws of earth and heaven.
Vainly in our protection join
The laws, both human and Divine,
While those who fill the judge's chair
To' abuse their dread commission dare;
Our helpless innocency sell,
To glut the priestly rage of hell.
The laws, both human and Divine,
While those who fill the judge's chair
To' abuse their dread commission dare;
Our helpless innocency sell,
To glut the priestly rage of hell.
But God in our defence shall stand,
And shield us with His own right hand;
The Lord, whom on our side we have,
Shall from unrighteous judges save,
His injured messengers confess,
And give His suffering people peace.
And shield us with His own right hand;
The Lord, whom on our side we have,
Shall from unrighteous judges save,
His injured messengers confess,
And give His suffering people peace.
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Wherefore of Him His people boasts,
The Prince of Peace, the Lord of Hosts;
Our Strength, and Confidence, and Tower,
Our Light in Satan's darkest hour,
Our Glory in reproach and shame,
Our Guide and Saviour in the flame.
The Prince of Peace, the Lord of Hosts;
Our Strength, and Confidence, and Tower,
Our Light in Satan's darkest hour,
Our Glory in reproach and shame,
Our Guide and Saviour in the flame.
Bound every heart which Christ inspires,
And praise Him, praise Him in the fires;
Him walking in the furnace scan,
Whose form is as the Son of man;
And triumph like the faithful three,
And shout our guardian Deity.
And praise Him, praise Him in the fires;
Him walking in the furnace scan,
Whose form is as the Son of man;
And triumph like the faithful three,
And shout our guardian Deity.
Blessing and thanks to God most high,
And love, and might, and majesty;
Ascribe salvation to the Lamb;
The Spirit of power and peace proclaim;
The great Three-One let all things praise
In glorious, everlasting lays!
And love, and might, and majesty;
Ascribe salvation to the Lamb;
The Spirit of power and peace proclaim;
The great Three-One let all things praise
In glorious, everlasting lays!
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