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Closing Conference

Charles Wesley (1742) • English

Primary Scripture: Psalm 100:3

Verse 1

Blest be the dear uniting love That will not let us part; Our bodies may far off remove, We still are one in heart.

Verse 2

Joined in one spirit to our Head; Where He appoints we go; And still in Jesus' footsteps tread, And show His praise below.

Verse 3

O may we ever walk in Him, And nothing know beside, Nothing desire nothing esteem, But Jesus crucified!

Verse 4

Closer and closer let us cleave To His beloved embrace; Expect His fulness to receive, And grace to answer grace.

Verse 5

Partakers of the Savior's grace, The same in mind and heart. Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place, Nor life, nor death can part.

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • psalms 100:3

Reference 2

  • psalms 133:1

Reference 3

  • jeremiah 32:30

Reference 4

  • jeremiah 32:39

Reference 5

  • john 13:35

Reference 6

  • acts 2:44-46

Reference 7

  • acts 4:32

Reference 8

  • romans 8:35

Reference 9

  • romans 12:4-5

Reference 10

  • 1-corinthians 2:2