Christ, our living Head, draw near

Verse 1
Christ, our living head draw near,
At our call, quicken all
Thy true members here.

Verse 2
Fill’d with faith’s eternal Spirit,
Grant that we, dead with thee,
May thy life inherit.

Verse 3
All thy resurrection’s power,
All thy love, from above,
On thy servants shower.

Verse 4
Perfect love! We long t’ attain it,
Following fast, if at last
We, ev’n we may gain it.

Verse 5
Partners of thy death and passion,
O that we all might see
All thy great salvation.

Verse 6
Sav’d beyond the dread of falling,
Let us rise to the prize
Of our glorious calling.

Verse 7
Children of the resurrection,
Lead us on to the crown
Of our full perfection.

Verse 8
There, where thou art gone before us,
Christ, our hope, take us up,
To thy heaven restore us.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns for Our Lord's Resurrection, published by Charles Wesley (London, 1746). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 148.
Publishing: Public Domain