Scripture Verse

Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of Heaven from My God: and I will write upon him My new name. Revelation 3:12

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, pag­es 420–21.

Music: Mid­dle­sex, ano­ny­mous, be­fore 1875 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Savior, on me the grace be­stow,
To tram­ple on my mor­tal foe,
Conqueror of death with Thee to rise,
And claim my sta­tion in the skies,
Fixed as the throne which ne’er can move,
A pil­lar in Thy Church above.

As beau­ti­ful, as use­ful there
May I that weight of glo­ry bear,
With all who fi­nal­ly o’er­come,
Supporters of the heav’n­ly dome,
Of per­fect ho­li­ness pos­sessed,
Forever in Thy pre­sence blessed.

Write up­on me the name di­vine,
And let Thy Fa­ther’s na­ture shine,
His im­age vi­si­bly ex­pressed,
His glo­ry pour­ing from my breast
O’er all my bright hu­ma­ni­ty,
Transformed in­to the God I see!

Inscribing with the ci­ty’s name
The heav’n­ly new Je­ru­sa­lem,
To me the vic­tor’s ti­tle give
Among Thy glo­ri­ous saints to live,
And all their hap­pi­ness to know,
A ci­ti­zen of Heav’n be­low.

When Thou hadst all Thy foes o’er­come,
Returning to Thy glo­ri­ous home,
Thou didst re­ceive the full re­ward,
That I might share it with my Lord,
And thus Thine own new name ob­tain,
And one with Thee for­ev­er reign.