Turn, into flesh the stony turn;
And while for thee alone I mourn,
The consolation send;
O come thyself, my soul t’ embrace,
And let my chearful life of grace
In glorious comfort end.
Turn, into flesh the stony turn
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”—[Matt.] v. 4. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 162.
Publishing: Public Domain