Thursday, April 27, 2023

Stamp thine image on our heart

714 6th P. M. 6 lines 7s.
Hand in hand to heaven.

CENTRE of our hopes thou art;
   End of our enlarged desires:
   Stamp thine image on our heart;
   Fill us now with heavenly fires:
   Join’d to thee by love divine,
   Seal our souls forever thine.

2 All our works in thee be wrought,
   Level’d at one common aim:
   Every word and every thought
   Purge in the refining flame:
   Lead us, through the paths of peace,
   On to perfect holiness.

3 Let us all together rise,—
   To thy glorious life restored;
   Here regain our Paradise,—
   Here prepare to meet our Lord:
   Here enjoy the earnest given:
   Travel hand in hand to heaven.
                          Charles Wesley
                          Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)

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