English poem
GRACE after MEAT
by John Wesley (1703–1791)
Being of Beings, GOD of Love, To Thee our Hearts we raise; Thy all-sustaining Pow'r we prove, And gladly sing thy Praise.
Thine, wholly thine we pant to be, Our Sacrifice receive; Made, and preserv'd, and sav'd by Thee, To Thee Ourselves we give.
Heav'nward our ev'ry Wish aspires: For all thy Mercy's Store The sole Return thy Love requires, Is that we ask for more.
For more we ask, we open then Our Hearts t' embrace thy Will: Turn and beget us, Lord, again, With all thy Fulness fill!
Come, Holy Ghost, the Saviour's Love Shed in our Hearts abroad; So shall we ever live and move, And Be, with CHRIST, in GOD.