...now, my idea of perfection, though I should have started at the word. In 1733 I preached my farewell sermon at Epworth, in Lincolnshire. In this likewise...life in all our words and actions. In January 1738 I expressed my desire in those words: * 3. Sec above, p. 7. 6. Manuscript defective here. 7. "A man...

...motion there! In the beginning of the year 1738, as I was returning from thence, the cry of my heart was O grant that nothing in my soul May dwell, but thy pure loir alone! O may thy love possess me whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown; Strange fires far from...

...others who followed them. Happily, with the Wesleys and with Wesleyans, Reformed Christians also sing: O grant that nothing in my soul May dwell but thy pure love alone. But Reformed Christians do not expect to experience the complete answer to that prayer until they see...

...And reign without a rival there. Thine wholly, Thine alone, I am, Be Thou alone my constant flame. О grant that nothing in my soul May dwell, but Thy pure love alone; О may Thy love possess me whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown: Strange fires far from my soul...

...reign without a rival there ! Thine wholly, Thine alone, I am ; Be Thou alone my constant flame. 2 Oh, grant that nothing in my soul May dwell, but Thy pure love alone ! Oh, may Thy love possess me whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown ! Strange flames far from my...

...without a rival there ; Thine wholly, Thine alone I am ; Lord, with Thy love my heart inflame. " Oh grant that nothing in my soul May dwell, but Thy pure love alone; Oh may Thy love possess me whole, My joy, my treasure, and my crown; All coldness from my heart remove,...