Assist me, Lord, against that day
In heaven to secure
Riches that cannot flee away,
Substance that must endure:
Thou art my fund infallible,
My portion here thou art:
O let thy Spirit now reveal
The earnest in my heart!
Assist me, Lord, against that day
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven.”—[Matt.] vi. 20. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 186.
Publishing: Public Domain