The church in her militant state

The church in her militant state. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788).  This is formed of two single and consecutive stanzas, numbered 863 and 864 in Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (Bristol, 1762) on Revelation 22: 17. The first was headed ‘The Spirit and the bride say, Come. - xxii. 17.’; the second ‘And let him that heareth say, Come. - xxii. 17.’ The two stanzas were brought into one hymn by John Wesley* in A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the People called Methodists (1780). The 1762 text was as follows:  863 The church in her militant state  Is weary, and cannot forbear, The saints in an agony wait  To see Him again in the air, The Spirit invites in the bride  Her...

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