Scripture Verse

Lay up for yourselves treasures in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:20–21

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Hymns and Sac­red Po­ems 1749.

Music: Hum­mel Hein­rich C. Zeu­ner, 1832 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tune:

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Zeu­ner (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Lift up your hearts to things above,
Ye fol­low­ers of the Lamb,
And join with us to praise His love,
And glo­ri­fy His name.

To Je­sus’ name give thanks and sing,
Whose mer­cies ne­ver end:
Rejoice! re­joice! the Lord is king;
The King is now our friend!

We, for His sake, count all things loss;
On earth­ly good look down;
And joy­ful­ly sus­tain the cross,
Till we re­ceive the crown.

O let us stir each oth­er up,
Our faith by works to ap­prove,
By holy, pu­ri­fy­ing hope,
And the sweet task of love!

Love us, though far in flesh dis­joined,
Ye lov­ers of the Lamb;
And ev­er bear us on your mind,
Who think and speak the same:

You on our minds we ev­er bear,
Whoe’er to Je­sus bow;
Stretch out the arms of faith and pray­er,
And lo! we reach you now.

Surely we now your souls em­brace,
With you we now ap­pear
Present be­fore the throne of grace,
And you, and Christ, are here.

The bless­ings all on you be shed,
Which God in Christ im­parts;
We pray the Spir­it of our Head
Into your faith­ful hearts.

Mercy and peace your por­tion be,
To car­nal minds un­known,
The hid­den man­na, and the tree
Of life, and the white stone.

Live till the Lord in glo­ry come,
And wait His Hea­ven to share:
Our Sav­ior now pre­pares our home:
Go on—we’ll meet you there.