Brother in Christ

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Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley
(1708 - 1788)

Herongate

L.M.

On the Admission of Any
Person into the Society.

1

Brother in Christ, and well-belov’d,
To Jesus, and his servants dear,
Enter, and shew thyself approv’d,
Enter, and find that God is here

2

’Scap’d from the world, redeem’d from sin,
By fiends pursued, by men abhor’d,
Come in, poor fugitive, come in,
And share the portion of thy Lord.

3

Welcome from earth!—Lo! The right-hand
Of fellowship to thee we give;
With open arms, and hearts we stand,
And thee in Jesu’s name receive!

4

Say, is thy heart resolv’d as ours?
Then let it burn with sacred love;
Then let it taste the heavenly powers,
Partaker of the joys above.

5

Jesu, attend! Thyself reveal!
Are we not met in thy great name?
Thee in the midst we wait to feel,
We wait to catch the spreading flame.

6

Thou God, that answerest by fire,
The Spirit of burning now impart,
And let the flames of pure desire
Rise from the altar of our heart.

7

Truly our fellowship below
With thee, and with thy Father is,
In thee eternal life we know,
And heaven’s unutterable bliss

8

In part we only know thee here,
But wait thy coming from above,—
And I shall then behold thee near,
And I shall all be lost in love!

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