English Poetry. Charles Wesley. Being of Be­ings. Чарльз Уэсли.

Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли)

Being of Be­ings

Being of beings, God of love;
To Thee our hearts we raise;
Thy all sustaining power we prove,
And gladly sing Thy praise.

Thine, wholly Thine, we pant to be;
Our sacrifice receive;
Made, and preserved, and saved by Thee,
To Thee ourselves we give.

Heav’nward our every wish aspires,
For all Thy mercy’s store;
The sole return Thy love requires,
Is that we ask for more.

For more we ask, we open then
Our hearts t’embrace Thy will:
Turn and revive us, Lord, again,
With all Thy fullness fill.

Come, Holy Ghost, the Savior’s love
Shed in our hearts abroad;
So shall we ever live, and move,
And be, with Christ, in God.

Charles Wesley’s other poems:

1. Saviour, The World’s and Mine
2. O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing
3. Where Shall My Wondering Soul Begin?
4. I Thirst, Thou Wounded Lamb of God
5. Ye Thirsty for God, To Jesus Give Ear

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