25*. O Thou Who Hast Redeemed of Old

8,8,6.
by C. Wesley
1
O Thou who hast redeemed of old,
 
And made us of Thy grace take hold,
 
With God at peace through Thee,
 
Help me these blessings now to own,
 
And tell aloud what Thou hast done,
 
O holy Lamb, for me.
“Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.” (Exodus 15:13)
“And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.” (John 1:16)
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.” (Romans 5:1)
2
Out of myself for help I go,
 
Thy power alone resolved to know,
 
Thy love’s the plea I make;
 
Give me the power, ’tis this I claim,
 
With heart and life to praise Thy name,
 
Give, for Thy mercy’s sake.
“I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” (John 15:5)
“But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ. And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death.” (Philippians 3:7-10)
“Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.” (Hebrews 4:16)
3
Love, only love, Thy heart inclined,
 
And brought Thee, Savior of mankind,
 
Down from the throne above;
 
Love made Thee here a Man of grief,
 
Distressed Thee sore for our relief,
 
Oh mystery of love!
“For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.” (1 Timothy 4:10)
“For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.” (John 6:38)
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” (Isaiah 53:3)
4
Lord, I am Thine, Thy love to me
 
Constrains my soul to cleave to Thee,
 
And gladly to resign
 
Whate’er I have, whate’er I am;
 
My life be all with Thine the same,
 
And all Thy shame be mine.
“And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.” (Acts 5:41)
“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.” (John 15:18)
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