Church Book ‎#491

491. And let this feeble body fail

1 And let this feeble body fail,
And let it droop or die;
My soul shall quit the mournful vale
And soar to worlds on high:
Shall join the disembodied saints,
And find its long-sought Rest,
That only bliss for which it pants,
In the Redeemer's breast.

2 In hope of that immortal crown,
I now the Cross sustain,
And gladly wander up and down,
And smile at toil and pain:
I suffer on my three-score years
Till my Deliverer come,
And wipe away His servant's tears,
And take His exile home.

3 O what hath Jesus bought for me!
Before my ravished eyes
Rivers of life divine I see,
And trees of paradise!
I see a world of spirits bright,
Who reap the pleasures there;
They all are clothed in robes of white,
And conquering palms they bear.

4 O what are all my sufferings here,
If, Lord, Thou count me meet,
With that enraptured host to appear,
And worship at Thy feet!
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,
Take life or friends away;
But let me find them all again
In that eternal day.

Text Information

• First Line: And let this feeble body fail
• Author: C. Wesley (1759, a.)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Cross and Comfort: In General Need; Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune: #489

Tune Information

• Name: BRUNSWICK
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Composer from index: Goss from Handel, 1742