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. Other knowledge I disdain; 'Tis all but vanity: Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain-- He tasted death for me. Me to save from endless woe The sin-atoning Victim died: Only Jesus will I know, And Jesus crucified. 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. 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. 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BY THE ALMA RIVER by DINAH MARIA MULOCK CRAIK TREES IN WINTER by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON A VERMONT AUCTIONEER by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY THE HAPPY LITTLE WIFE by PHOEBE CARY ME 'N' DUNBAR by JAMES DAVID CORROTHERS TONE'S GRAVE by THOMAS OSBORNE DAVIS ON THE BIRTH OF A FRIEND'S CHILD by ERNEST CHRISTOPHER DOWSON |