Supreme Love to Christ

My gracious Redeemer I love;

His praises aloud I’ll proclaim,

And join with the armies above,

To shout his adorable name.

To gaze on his glories divine

Shall be my eternal employ;

And feel them incessantly shine,

My boundless, ineffable joy.

He freely redeemed with his blood

My soul from the confines of hell,

To live on the smiles of my God,

And in his sweet presence to dwell;

To shine with the angels of light,

With saints and with seraphs to sing;

To view with eternal delight

My Jesus, my Saviour, my King.

In Meshech, as yet, I reside,

A darksome and restless abode:

Molested with foes on each side,

And longing to dwell with my God.

O when shall my spirit exchange

This cell of corruptible clay

For mansions celestial, and range

Through realms of ineffable day?

My glorious Redeemer! I long

To see thee descend on the cloud,

Amidst the bright numberless throng,

And mix with the triumphing crowd.

O when wilt thou bid me ascend,

To join in thy praises above,

To gaze on thee, world without end,

And feast on thy ravishing love?

No sorrow, nor sickness, nor pain,

Nor sin, nor temptation, nor fear,

Shall ever molest me again;

Perfection of glory reigns there.

This soul and this body shall shine

In robes of salvation and praise,

And banquet on pleasures divine,

Where God his full beauty displays.

Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns,

Your pride with disdain I survey;

Your pomps are but shadows and sounds,

And pass in a moment away.

The crown that my Saviour bestows,

Yon permanent sun shall outshine;

My joy everlastingly flows;

My God, my Redeemer, is mine!