Jesus, on this thy solemn day

Verse 1
Jesus, on this thy solemn day,
To chase our fears and sins away,
Our living Lord appear;
Meet us, assembled in thy name,
Stand in the midst, and now proclaim
That God is present here.

Verse 2
Present, we know, Thou always art;
But speak to every troubled heart
The reconciling word;
Shew us thy wounded hands and side,
And conscious of thy blood applied
We glory in the Lord.

Verse 3
Triumphant thro’ thy mortal pain
Thou dost the bleeding marks retain
T’ excite our grateful love;
Thou still before thy Father’s eyes
Offer’st the precious Sacrifice
Which bought our thrones above.

Verse 4
The vision of those glorious scars
Our fear dispels, our strength repairs,
And makes our Saviour known,
Imboldens us to serve thy cause,
And joyfully embrace the cross
Connected with the crown.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut, where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.’—[John 20,] v. 19 &c." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 106.
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