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 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
778.
[A living principle of grace]
The root of the matter is found in me.
—xix. 28.
A living principle of grace
From hence our whole of goodness grows,
The reigning power of godliness
(Which Jesus with Himself bestows)
The faith in Christ, the hate of sin,
The love of God and man brought in.
From hence our whole of goodness grows,
The reigning power of godliness
(Which Jesus with Himself bestows)
The faith in Christ, the hate of sin,
The love of God and man brought in.
Mere withering leaves is all beside:
But if my Lord abide in me,
But if I in my Lord abide,
I rise into a righteous tree,
Show forth the nature of the Root,
And yield at last the perfect fruit.
But if my Lord abide in me,
But if I in my Lord abide,
I rise into a righteous tree,
Show forth the nature of the Root,
And yield at last the perfect fruit.
Come then, the true celestial Vine,
The Tree of life, the Root of grace,
Claim the wild olive-trees for Thine,
Spring up in all our ransom'd race,
And if conceal'd in all Thou art,
Be found this moment in my heart.
The Tree of life, the Root of grace,
Claim the wild olive-trees for Thine,
Spring up in all our ransom'd race,
And if conceal'd in all Thou art,
Be found this moment in my heart.
| The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley | |