Joyful I fly this moment hence

Joyful I fly this moment hence,
Meet for my rich inheritance.
If Thou Thyself impart;
Salvation sure in Thee is given,
Thou art my peace, my present heaven,
My God Himself Thou art.

O Love, O God, Thyself reveal,
My pardon in Thy blood to seal,
My spirit to restore;
Then let me there a lot obtain
Where sin, infirmity, and pain,
And death shall be no more.

Canst Thou deny Thyself to me,
A thirsty soul who gasps for Thee,
Incapable of rest.
Till I Thy loving nature share.
Till Thou the mystery declare.
And take me to Thy breast.
Inserted in the " Arminian Magazine" for 1781, p. 567.
Now, O Thou love essential come,
And lo, I sink into the tomb
With Jesus in my heart;
Secure in that great day to rise,
And mount above the flaming skies,
And see Thee as Thou art.