Father, Thy name be sanctified

Verse 1
Father, thy name be sanctified!
Thy nature to my soul declare,
So shall I in the Vine abide,
And fruit unto thy glory bear:
A witness of redeeming grace,
O might I in thy Spirit live,
Abound in works of righteousness;
And Thou shalt all the praise receive.

Verse 2
One only work on earth I have,
One only means thy praise to show,
My own and others souls to save
Is all my business here below:
I live thy mercy’s minister
Myself to second life restor’d,
A genuine child of God appear,
A true disciple of my Lord.

Verse 3
So let my light to others shine,
That they my works of faith may see,
With wonder own they are not mine,
But wrought by thy great power in me,
Th’ effects of thy triumphant grace
O might they all adore and prove,
And born again my Father praise,
Th’ almighty God of faithful love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit, so shall ye be my disciples.’—[John 15,] v. 8." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 23.
Publishing: Public Domain