Ye Simple Souls Who Stray
Author: Charles Wesley
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1. Ye simple souls who strayf 11. Ye simple souls who stray
2Far from the path of peace, 2Far from the path of peace,
3That lonely, unfrequented way 3That lonely, unfrequented way
n 4To life and happiness; n 4To life and happiness,
5Why will ye folly love, 5Why will ye folly love,
6And throng the downward road, 6And throng the downward road,
n 7And hat the wisdom from above, n 7And hate the wisdom from above,
8And mock the sons of God? 8And mock the sons of God?
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102. Madness and misery 102. Madness and misery
11Ye count our life beneath, 11Ye count our life beneath,
n 12And nothing great or good can see, n 12And nothing great or good can see
13Or glorious in our death. 13Or glorious in our death.
n 14As only born to grieve, n 14But thru the Holy Ghost
15Beneath your feet we lie, 15We witness better things,
16And utterly contemned we live, 16For he whose blood is all our boast
17And unlamented die. 17Has made us priests and kings.
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n 193. So wretched and obscure, n
20The men whom ye despise,
21So foolish, impotent and poor,
22Above your scorn we rise.
23We through the Holy Ghost,
24Can witness better things;
25For He, whose blood is all our boast,
26Has made us Priests and Kings.
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284. Riches unsearchable 193. Riches unsearchable
29In Jesus’ love we know; 20In Jesus’ love we know,
30And pleasure springing from the well 21And pleasures springing from the well
31Of life our souls o’erflow. 22Of life our souls o’erflow.
n 32The Spirit we receive n 23As we seek heav’nly bliss,
33Of wisdom, grace and power;
34And, though ’mid scenes of woe we live,
35Rejoicing evermore.
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375. Angels our servants are,
38And keep in all our ways;
39And in their watchful hands they bear
40The sacred sons of grace;
41Unto that heavenly bliss
42They all our steps attend, 24Angels our steps attend,
43And God Himself our Father is, 25And God himself our Father is,
44And Jesus is our Friend. 26And Jesus is our Friend.
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n 466. With Him we walk in white, n 284. With him we walk in white;
47We in His image shine; 29We in his image shine;
48Our robes are robes of glorious light, 30Our robes are robes of glorious light,
49Our righteousness divine. 31Our righteousness divine.
50On all the kings of earth 32On all the kings of earth
t 51With pity we look down; t 33With pity we look down
52And claim, in virtue of our birth, 34And claim, in virtue of our birth,
53A never-fading crown. 35A never-fading crown.
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