Religion

Matthew 6:21: If with my all I cannot part

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

If with my all I cannot part,
Cannot a child, or friend forego,
In vain I would disguise my heart;
My heart and treasure are below,

Happy the-man who knows
His heart is not his own.
And cheerfully what God bestows
Restores to God alone:
Not on the world misplaced.
Not to the creatures given,
His heart which hath the Lord embraced
Enjoys a constant heaven.

Jesus I own my heart
Was made for only Thee;
Worthy of all its love Thou art.
Its whole capacity:
O never let me rest.
Till I Thyself receive,
And with Thy joyous presence bless'd
The life of angels live.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 6:21: If with my all I cannot part.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4014/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 6:21: If with my all I cannot part.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4014/.

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