 | The poetical works of John and Charles Wesley |  |
THE FIERY TRIAL.
Sing we to our God above
Saved by His unwearied love,
Kept throughout the fiery hour
Let us show forth all His power.
Saved by His unwearied love,
Kept throughout the fiery hour
Let us show forth all His power.
Join with me the heavenly choirs,
Praise Him, praise Him in the fires,
There He walks with you and me,
See Him! in the furnace see!
Praise Him, praise Him in the fires,
There He walks with you and me,
See Him! in the furnace see!
Lo the' incarnate God appears!
Know Him by the form He wears,
Wears for us, and not in vain,
Son of God, and Son of man!
Know Him by the form He wears,
Wears for us, and not in vain,
Son of God, and Son of man!
Tempted souls, your Lord descry
Still in your temptation nigh;
Sin is nigh, but Christ is nigher,
Bids us walk unburnt in fire.
Still in your temptation nigh;
Sin is nigh, but Christ is nigher,
Bids us walk unburnt in fire.
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Jesus doth with us remain;
Satan, heat thy forge again
Seven times hotter than before;
Jesus stays till all is o'er.
Satan, heat thy forge again
Seven times hotter than before;
Jesus stays till all is o'er.
He doth by His presence arm,
Sin and Satan cannot harm;
Flames their burning power forget,
Quench'd by Jesu's bleeding feet.
Sin and Satan cannot harm;
Flames their burning power forget,
Quench'd by Jesu's bleeding feet.
Jesus holds us by the hand,
Cover'd by His power we stand,
Stand, and walk, and run, and fly,
Sin, the world, and hell defy.
Cover'd by His power we stand,
Stand, and walk, and run, and fly,
Sin, the world, and hell defy.
All their banded powers we dare,
Faith the fiery test shall bear,
Shine, as gold when fully tried,
More than seven times purified.
Faith the fiery test shall bear,
Shine, as gold when fully tried,
More than seven times purified.
Senseless now of all its heat,
We shall soon the furnace quit,
Unconsumed, unhurt appear,
Free from sin and Satan here.
We shall soon the furnace quit,
Unconsumed, unhurt appear,
Free from sin and Satan here.
Sin could not (we then shall show)
Hurt the souls that Jesus know,
Could not even our clothes impair,
Could not singe a single hair.
Hurt the souls that Jesus know,
Could not even our clothes impair,
Could not singe a single hair.
Far from all the smell of fire,
We shall then to heaven aspire,
Live on earth like those above,
Perfected in sinless love.
We shall then to heaven aspire,
Live on earth like those above,
Perfected in sinless love.
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