1 Savior of all, to thee we bow,
And own thee faithful to thy word;
We hear thy voice, and open now,
Our hearts to entertain our Lord.
Refrain:
Savior of all, to thee we bow,
And own thee faithful to thy word,
We hear thy voice, and open now,
Our hearts to entertain our Lord.
2 Come in, come in, thou heavenly guest,
Delight in what thyself hast given;
On thy own gifts and graces feast,
And make the contrite heart thy heaven. [Refrain]
3 Beneath thy shadow let us sit;
Call us thy friends, and love, and bride,
And bid us freely drink and eat
Thy dainties, and be satisfied. [Refrain]
Source: Wondrous Love: A Collection of Songs and Services for Sunday Schools #90
First Line: | Savior of all, to Thee we bow |
Title: | The Heavenly Guest Invited |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Meter: | 8.8.8.8 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Amen to all that God hath said. C. Wesley. [Divine Holiness, and Human Depravity.] Appeared in Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742, in 36 stanzas of 4 lines, in three parts, and entitled "Unto the Angel of the Church of the Laodiceans." In 1780, J. Wesley compiled the following centos therefrom for the Wesleyan Hymn Book:—
1. God of unspotted purity. Composed of stanzas iii., iv., v., vi., viii.-xi. of Part i.
2. 0 let us our own works forsake, of stanzas iii., viii., ix., x., of Part ii.
3. Saviour of all, to Thee we bow. Composed of stanzas i.-vi. of Part iii.
All these centos have passed into numerous hymnals in Great Britain and America. Original text in Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. ii. p. 358.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)