Vain, delusive world, adieu

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Vain, delusive world, adieu

Author: Charles Wesley
Published in 287 hymnals

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1 Vain, delusive world, adieu,
With all of creature good;
Only Jesus I pursue,
Who bought me with his blood,
All thy pleasures I forego,
I trample on thy wealth and pride,
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.

2 Here will I set up my rest;
My fluctuating heart
From the haven of his breast,
Shall never more depart,
Whither should a sinner go?
His wounds for me stand open wide;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.

3 Him to know is life and peace,
And pleasure without end;
This is all my happiness,
On Jesus to depend,
Daily in his grace to grow,
And ever in his faith abide,
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.

4 O that I could all invite,
This saving truth to prove;
Show the length, the breadth, the height,
And depth of Jesus' love.
Fain I would to sinners show,
The blood by faith alone applied,
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.

Source: Joy to the World: or, sacred songs for gospel meetings #121

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Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

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