All-good, all-wise, almighty Lord

Verse 1
All-good, all-wise, almighty Lord,
Supreamly just and true,
I cast me on thy faithful Word,
And wait thy Will to do:
Thy Will concerning me reveal,
Thy Heavenly Light impart,
And speak by Signs infallible
The Answer to my Heart.

Verse 2
Thee, Lord, in all my Ways I own
My Counsellour and Guide,
I hang upon thine Arm alone,
And in thy Love confide;
Ah! do not then my Soul reject,
But all my Paths attend,
But all my Works and Thoughts direct
To thine Appointed End.

Verse 3
Thou readst th’ Unutterable Care
That labours in my Breast,
And knowst, till Thou thy Mind declare
I know not what is Best.
A Sinner doubly dark and blind,
A foolish, foolish Worm,
O how shall I the Secret find,
And all thy Will perform?

Verse 4
I would not my own Soul deceive,
My own Designs pursue,
I can no more an Heart believe
Which never, yet prov’d true.
Death in the Error of my Life
I would not fondly find;
Declare, O Lord, to end the Strife,
The Thing by Thee design’d.

Verse 5
For thy Determining Command
I at thy Footstool lie,
Intent to mark the Pointing Hand,
To catch the Guiding Eye:
To Thee with meek submissive Fear
Th’ Important Doubt I leave,
Till Thou in Heavenly Light appear,
Till Thou the Fiat give.

Verse 6
Jesus, thro’ thy or’epowering Grace
I every Wish resign,
Nor can I, till Thou shewst thy Face,
To this or that incline;
Thy Face conceal’d, thy Mind unknown,
Preserves the Balance even,
And makes me cry Thy Will be done
On Earth as tis in Heaven.

Hymnal/Album: This hymn appears in the manuscript “MS Deliberative Hymns.” 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 1977/552, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 1 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1988), pages 217-18.
Publishing: Public Domain