Come on, my partners in distress

Come on, my partners in distress. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788). From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1749), Volume II, the book published with Charles Wesley’s name but with his brother’s approval, where it was hymn XXII: Come on, my Partners in Distress,My Comrades thro’ the Wilderness,    Who still your Bodies feel,A while forget your Griefs, and Fears,And look beyond the Vale of Tears    To that celestial Hill. Beyond the Bounds of Time, and Space,Look forward to that happy Place,    The Saints secure Abode,On Faith’s strong Eagle Pinions riseAnd force your Passage to the Skies,    And scale the Mount of God. See, where the Lamb in Glory stands, Incircled with his radiant Bands, And join...

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