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...ODE SUNG IN THE TOWN HALL, CONCORD, JULY 4, 1857 by RALPH WALDO EMERSON AT HOME IN HEAVEN by JAMES MONTGOMERY TWO SONGS FROM THE PERSIAN: 1 by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ORLANDO FURIOSO: CANTO 10. by LUDOVICO (LODOVICO) ARIOSTO SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 46 by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) TAKING IT FROM THE BOY by CHARLES WILLIAM BRODRIBB TO K. H. by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN |