462. The sacred body of perfectness

1 The sacred bond of perfectness
Is spotless charity;
Oh, let us, Lord, we pray, possess
The mind that was in thee.

2 Grant this, and then from all below
Insensibly remove:
Our souls the change shall scarcely know,
Made perfect first in love.

3 With ease our souls through death shall glide
Into their paradise;
And thence on wings of angels ride
Triumphant through the skies.

4 Yet then the fullest joy is given,
The same delight we prove;
In earth, in paradise, in heaven,
Our all in all is love.

Text Information
First Line: The sacred body of perfectness
Author: C. Wesley
Meter: C. M.
Publication Date: 1873
Topic: The Christian System: Adoption And Sanctification; The Bond of Perfectness
Notes: Now Public Domain.
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