Scripture Verse

That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ. Philippians 1:10

Introduction

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Asa B. Everett (1828–1875)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns on the Tri­ni­ty, 1767, num­ber 56.

Music: Bry­an Asa B. Ev­er­ett, in the Wes­ley­an Hymn and Tune Book, ed­it­ed by Le­on­ard C. Ev­er­ett (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Sou­thern Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1859), num­ber 87 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ev­er­ett (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

The day of Christ, the day of God
We hum­bly hope with joy to see,
Washed in the sanc­ti­fy­ing blood
Of an ex­pir­ing De­ity.

Who did for us His life re­sign,
There is no oth­er God but One,
For all the ple­ni­tude di­vine
Resides in the in­car­nate Son.

Spotless, sin­cere, with­out of­fense
O may we to His day re­main,
Who trust the blood of God to cleanse
Our souls from ev­ery sin­ful stain.

Lord, we be­lieve the pro­mise sure:
The pur­chased Com­fort­er im­part,
Apply Thy blood to make us pure,
To keep us pure in life and heart.

Then let us see that day su­preme,
When none the God­head shall deny,
Thy so­ve­reign ma­jes­ty blas­pheme,
Or count Thee less than the Most High.

When all who Thee their God be­lieve,
Who here Thy last ap­pear­ing love
Shall Thy con­sum­mate joy re­ceive,
And see Thy glo­ri­ous face above.