Lord, I believe a rest remains To all thy people known; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, And thou art loved alone. 2 A rest where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above; Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love. 3 Oh, that I now the rest might know, Believe and enter in: Now, Savior, now the power bestow, And let me cease from sin. 4 Remove this hardness from my heart; This unbelief remove: To me the rest of faith impart-- The Sabbath of thy love. Charles Wesley. 258 Ortonville. C.M. _Longing for Christ._ (648) Oh! could I find from day to day, A nearness to my God; Then should my hours glide sweet away, And live upon thy word. 2 Lord! I desire with thee to live. Anew from day to day, In joys the world can never give, Nor ever take away. 3 O Jesus! come and rule my heart And I'll be wholly thine; And never, nevermore depart; For thou art wholly mine. 4 Thus, till my last expiring breath, Thy goodness I'll adore; And, when my flesh dissolves in death, My soul shall love thee more. Benjamin Cleveland, 1790. 259 Ortonville. C.M. _Self-Dedication._ (662) Welcome, O Savior! to my heart; Possess thine humble throne; Bid every rival hence depart, And claim me for thine own. 2 The world and Satan I forsake,-- To thee I all resign; My longing heart, O Jesus! take, And make it all divine. 3 Oh! may I never turn aside, Nor from thy bosom flee; Let nothing here my heart divide-- I give it all to thee. Hugh Bourne, 1825. 260 Rhine. C.M. _Prayer for Entire Sanctification._ (652) My God, I know, I feel thee mine, And will not quit my claim Till all I have is lost in thine, And all renewed I am. 2 I hold thee with a trembling hand, And will not let thee go, Till steadfastly by faith I stand And all thy goodness know. 3 Jesus, thine all-victorious love Shed in my heart abroad: Then shall my feet no longer rove, Rooted and fixed in God. 4 Refining fire, go through my heart, Illuminate my soul; Scatter thy life through every part, And sanctify the whole. Charles Wesley. 261 Bemerton. C.M. _Self-Consecration._ (646) My God! accept my heart this day, And make it always thine, That I from thee no more may stray, No more from thee decline. 2 Before the cross of him who died, Behold I prostrate fall; Let every sin be crucified; Let Christ be All in All. 3 May the dear blood, once shed for me, My blest atonement prove, That I, from first to last, may be The purchase of thy love. 4 Let every thought, and work, and word, To thee be ever given; Then life shall be thy service, Lord! And death the gate of heaven. Matthew Bridges, 1848. 262 Uxbridge. L.M. _Living to Christ Alone._ (815) My gracious Lord! I own thy right To every service I can pay, And call it my supreme delight, To hear thy dictates and obey.