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This is an hymn by [[Charles Wesley]], 17-47, in ''Hymns for Those that Seek and Those that have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ'' (Redemption Hymns), No. 16. Meter is {{CiteCat|66. 66. 86. 86}}. | |||
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1. Ye simple souls, that stray | |||
Far from the path of peace | |||
(That unfrequented way | |||
To life and happiness) | |||
How long will ye your folly love, | |||
And throng the downward road, | |||
And hate the wisdom from above, | |||
And mock the sons of God? | |||
{{Text| | 2. Madness and misery | ||
Ye count our life beneath, | |||
And nothing great can see | |||
Or glorious in our death: | |||
As born to suffer and to grieve | |||
Beneath your feet we lie, | |||
And utterly condemned we live, | |||
And unlamented die.}} | |||
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3. Poor pensive sojourners, | |||
O’er-whelmed with griefs and woes, | |||
Perplexed with needless fears, | |||
And pleasure’s mortal foes; | |||
More irksome than a gaping tomb | |||
Our sight ye cannot bear, | |||
Wrapped in the melancholy gloom | |||
Of fanciful despair. | |||
4. So wretched, and obscure, | |||
{{ | The men whom ye despise, | ||
So foolish, weak, and poor | |||
Above your scorn we rise: | |||
Our conscience in the Holy Ghost | |||
Can witness better things, | |||
For he whose blood is all our boast | |||
Hath made us priests and kings.}} | |||
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5. Riches unsearchable | |||
In Jesus’ love we know, | |||
And pleasures from the well | |||
Of life our souls o’er-flow: | |||
From him the Spirit we receive | |||
Of wisdom, grace, and power, | |||
And alway sorrowful we live | |||
Rejoicing evermore. | |||
6. Angels our servants are, | |||
And keep in all our ways, | |||
And in their hands they bear | |||
The sacred sons of grace; | |||
Our guardians to that heavenly bliss | |||
They all our steps attend, | |||
And God himself our Father is, | |||
And Jesus is our friend.}} | |||
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7. With him we walk in white, | |||
We in his image shine, | |||
Our robes are robes of light, | |||
Our righteousness divine: | |||
On all the grovelling kings of earth | |||
With pity we look down, | |||
And claim, in virtue of our birth, | |||
A never-fading crown.}} | |||
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Revision as of 03:17, 16 July 2018
General information
This is an hymn by Charles Wesley, 17-47, in Hymns for Those that Seek and Those that have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ (Redemption Hymns), No. 16. Meter is 66. 66. 86. 86.
Settings by composers
- Anonymous — Friendship English STB
Text and translations
English text 1. Ye simple souls, that stray |
3. Poor pensive sojourners, |
5. Riches unsearchable |
7. With him we walk in white, |
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