Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 22:37
Words: Horatius Bonar, in Church Music, edited by Leonard W. Bacon (Rochester, New York: E. Darrow & Brother, 1855), number 445. Also appeared in Bonar’s Hymns of Faith and Hope (London: James Nisbet, 1857), pages 172–73. Sursum Corda.
Music: Arran Samuel S. Wesley, in A Selection of Psalms and Hymns, by Charles Kemble (London: John F. Shaw, 1864), number 120 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Go up, go up, my heart,
Dwell with thy God above;
For here thou canst not rest,
Nor here give out thy love.
Go up, go up, my heart!
Be not a trifler here;
Ascend above these clouds,
Dwell in a higher sphere.
Let not thy love flow out
To things so soiled and dim;
Go up to Heav’n and God;
Take up thy love to Him.
Waste not thy precious stores
On pleasure here below:
To God that wealth belongs;
On Him that wealth bestow.
Go up, reluctant heart!
Take up thy rest above;
Arise, earth-clinging thoughts;
Ascend, my lingering love!