Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ONLY JESUS WILL I KNOW, by CHARLES WESLEY


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First Line: Vain, delusive world, adieu
Last Line: And jesus crucified.
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


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.





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