Jesus, to Thee Our Hearts we Lift

A Charles Wesley hymn of thanksgiving and prayer for Christian continuance.

1. Jesus, to Thee our hearts we lift;
   May all our hearts with love o’erflow
   With thanks for Thy continued gift
   That still Thy precious name we know,
   Retain our sense of sin forgiven,
   And wait for all our inward heaven.

2. What mighty troubles have been shown
   Thy feeble, tempted followers here!
   We have through fire and water gone,
   But saw Thee on the floods appear,
   But felt Thee present in the flame,
   And shouted our Deliverer’s name.

3. All are not lost or wandered back,
   All have not left Thy church and Thee
   There are who suffer for Thy sake,
   Esteem Thy glorious infamy,
   Esteem the scandal of the cross,
   And only seek divine applause.

4. Thou who hast kept us to this hour,
   O keep us faithful to the end:
   When, robed with majesty and power,
   Our Jesus shall from heaven descend,
   His friends and witnesses to own,
   And seat us on His glorious throne.