Religion

John 3:30: He must increase, but I must decrease

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 11 (1871)

Religion

I Would be less and less
That Jesus may increase,
Would myself renounce, despise,
Till on earth no longer seen.
Least of all in my own eyes.
Least of all esteem'd by men.

A voice, and nothing more,
I only go before;
Jesus' poorest instrument,
Jesus' harbinger I am.
Live to spend and to be spent.
Live to glorify His name.

My life is not my own,
Bestow'd for Him alone;
Ready at the Master's call
Every blessing I resign.
Fame, and strength, and life, and all.
Die, to serve the cause Divine.

MLA

Wesley, Charles. “John 3:30: He must increase, but I must decrease.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5511/.

Chicago

Wesley, Charles. “John 3:30: He must increase, but I must decrease.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/5511/.

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