The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

A pleasant heritage is mine,
In a fair land and good;
I ask'd and gain'd the gift Divine,
For Jesus' sake bestow'd.
Father, Thou hast my sins pass'd by,
To me a pardon given,
And conscious of Thy favour, I
Enjoy the smiles of heaven.

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Yet still I humbly sue for more,
A larger benefit;
A second blessing I implore,
To make the first complete;
In all His fulness from above,
The Comforter impart,
And let the well of life and love
Spring up within my heart.

Thy presence, Lord, the fountain brings
Of purest holiness,
The upper and the nether springs,
The heights and depths of grace:
O might I into nothing sink,
Before the God unknown;
And rise the crystal stream to drink,
Which gushes from Thy throne.

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[A pleasant heritage is mine]