Come, let us who in Christ believe

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Come, let us who in Christ believe is a hymn by Charles Wesley. It was published on pp24-25 of his Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, London: Strahan, [1742], as Hymn VIII of that book, in 14 verses. A shortened version, consisting of verses 1, 12, 13 and 14, was later republished in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People Called Methodists.

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1  Come, let us who in Christ believe,
Our common Saviour praise,
To him with joyful voices give
The glory of his grace.

2  His grace would every soul restore
That fell in Adam's fall,
His Father's justice asks no more,
Since he hath died for all.

3  He died for all, he none pass'd by
In their forlorn estate,
He left not in his sin to die
One hopeless reprobate.

4  We stake our interest in thy blood,
On this, on this alone,
That it for all mankind hath flow'd,
And did for all atone.

5  Unless to all thy bowels move,
Unless thy grace is free,
O bleeding Lamb, take back thy love,
O Saviour, pass by me.

 

6  But can I fear thy justice nigh,
When love is on my side?
Thou canst not, Lord, thyself deny,
For wherefore hast thou died?

7  For me, for us, for all mankind
The ransom-price was given,
That all might here their Eden find,
And then remove to heaven.

8  If any fail of promis'd rest,
Their death is all their own,
All nations now in Christ are blest,
His love excepted none.

9  All our salvation is of God,
Whose arms would all embrace:
Who perish, perish self-destroy'd
For not accepting grace.

10  Surely the grace doth once appear
To every soul of man,
Jesus hath brought salvation near,
He did not die in vain.

 

11  He made it possible for all
To turn again and live,
And therefore doth his gospel call,
And his good Spirit strive.

12  He now stands knocking at the door
Of every sinner's heart,
The worst need keep him out no more,
Or force him to depart.

13  Through grace we hearken to thy voice,
Yield to be sav'd from sin,
In sure and certain hope rejoice
That thou wilt enter in.

14  Come quickly in, thou heav'nly guest,
Nor ever hence remove,
But sup with us, and let the feast
Be everlasting love.

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