 | CHAPTER XIV. The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
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[Thee Jesus we confess]
Thee Jesus we confess
Our Advocate and Friend,
Truth of the promises,
And joys which ne'er shall end,
Our Principle and Head receive,
By whom alone Thy members live.
Our Advocate and Friend,
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And joys which ne'er shall end,
Our Principle and Head receive,
By whom alone Thy members live.
Who wilfully refuse
The Life, the Truth, the Way,
Deserve themselves to lose
And in delusion stray,
Deprived of grace while here they breathe,
And then to die the endless death.
The Life, the Truth, the Way,
Deserve themselves to lose
And in delusion stray,
Deprived of grace while here they breathe,
And then to die the endless death.
But O the Way came down
Our wandering souls to seek,
The Truth of light unknown
Did in our darkness speak,
And lest we should in death abide,
The Life Himself for sinners died.
Our wandering souls to seek,
The Truth of light unknown
Did in our darkness speak,
And lest we should in death abide,
The Life Himself for sinners died.
Now in the Way we go
Who Christ by faith receive,
By faith the Truth we know,
By faith the Life we live,
On Jesu's cross to heaven ascend,
Where faith in Jesu's sight shall end.
Who Christ by faith receive,
By faith the Truth we know,
By faith the Life we live,
On Jesu's cross to heaven ascend,
Where faith in Jesu's sight shall end.
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