The dear portion of my Lord
With humble joy I take,
Let me live despis’d, abhor’d
Of all men for thy sake:
Only Thou my heart renew,
And me begotten from above
Let the world to death pursue,
Because my God I love.
The dear portion of my Lord
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake.'—[Luke 21,] v. 17.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/575, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 188.
Publishing: Public Domain