University of Virginia Library

Search this document 
The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley

Wesley, Charles (1707-1788)

expand sectionI. 
VOLUME I.
expand sectionII. 
VOLUME II.
expand sectionIII. 
VOLUME III.
expand sectionIV. 
VOLUME IV.
collapse sectionV. 
VOLUME V.
collapse section 
[HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES.]
collapse sectionII. 
PART II.
expand section 
[HYMNS FOR BELIEVERS.]
expand section 
[FOR ONE THAT IS SICK, BEFORE USING THE MEANS OF RECOVERY]
expand section 
[FOR ONE IN PAIN]
expand section 
[FOR ONE IN A DECLINING STATE OF HEALTH]
expand section 
[FOR A SICK FRIEND]
expand section 
[AFTER A RECOVERY]
 CLXIX. 
CLXIX. FOR A SICK CHILD.
expand section 
[ON THE DEATH OF A CHILD]
 CLXXII. 
CLXXII. OBLATION OF A SICK CHILD.
 CLXXIII. 
CLXXIII. A MOTHER'S THANKSGIVING FOR THE DEATH OF HER CHILD.
 CLXXIV. 
CLXXIV. EPITAPH.
 CLXXV. 
CLXXV. EPITAPH ON MRS. SUSANNA WESLEY.
 CLXXVI. 
CLXXVI. ON THE DEATH OF MRS. ELIZABETH WITHAM.
expand section 
[FOR A PREACHER OF THE GOSPEL]
 CLXXXIX. 
CLXXXIX. FOR A MINISTER AT HIS COMING TO A PLACE.
 CXC. 
CXC. FOR THE SAME, AT HIS DEPARTURE.
 CXCI. 
CXCI. FOR A MINISTER, GOING FORTH TO PREACH.
 CXCII. 
CXCII. WRITTEN AFTER A DELIVERANCE.
 CXCIII. 
CXCIII. ANOTHER.
 CXCIV. 
CXCIV. AFTER PREACHING (IN A CHURCH).
 CXCV. 
CXCV. AFTER PREACHING TO THE STAFFORDSHIRE COLLIERS.
expand section 
[AFTER PREACHING TO THE NEWCASTLE COLLIERS]
 CC. 
CC. BEFORE PREACHING TO THE COLLIERS IN LEICESTERSHIRE.
 CCI. 
CCI. WRITTEN BEFORE PREACHING AT PORTLAND.
collapse section 
[BEFORE PREACHING IN CORNWALL]
 CCII. 
CCII. BEFORE PREACHING IN CORNWALL.
 CCIII. 
CCIII. ANOTHER.
expand section 
[AFTER PREACHING]
 CCVI. 
CCVI. FOR THOSE WHO BEGIN TO BE AWAKENED.
 CCVII. 
CCVII. NAOMI AND RUTH.
 CCVIII. 
CCVIII. WRITTEN AT THE LAND'S END.
 CCIX. 
CCIX. FOR A PERSON CALLED FORTH TO BEAR HIS TESTIMONY.
expand sectionII. 
HYMNS AND SACRED POEMS. IN TWO VOLUMES. BY CHARLES WESLEY, M.A., Student of Christ-Church, Oxford. Vol. II.
expand sectionVI. 
VOLUME VI.
expand sectionVII. 
VOLUME VII.
expand sectionVIII. 
VOLUME VIII.
expand sectionIX. 
VOLUME IX.
expand sectionX. 
VOLUME X.
expand sectionXI. 
VOLUME XI.
expand sectionXII. 
VOLUME XII.
expand sectionXIII. 
VOLUME XIII.

collapse section Collapse All | Expand All expand section
previous sectionCHAPTER II. The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley
next section

2391.

[In our degenerate years revive]

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles', &c. —ii. 42.

In our degenerate years revive
The wonders of Thy grace,
And let us in affection strive
With the primeval race:
In apostolic doctrine found,
(The doctrine from above,)
And build us on the solid ground
Of Thy redeeming love.
O may we constantly abide
As hearers in Thy school,
(Thy Spirit our unerring Guide,
Thy word our sacred rule,)
Gladly supply each other's wants,
Propriety disown,
One in the fellowship of saints,
With all Thy members one.
On us the Christian feast bestow,
The sacramental bread,
That daily we Thy death may show,
And on Thy body feed;
Till Thou, whose passion we record,
On earth again appear,
And reign our dear triumphant Lord,
With all Thine ancients here.
On all the house of Jacob's race,
On Sion's mourners pour
154

The Spirit of supplicating grace
In one unceasing shower;
That wrestling on with faith and hope
We may in prayer abide,
Till Thou descend to take us up,
And place us by Thy side.
previous sectionCHAPTER II. The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley
next section