Faithful I account Thee, Lord

Faithful I account thee, Lord,
To thy sanctifying word;
I shall soon be as thou art,
Holy both in life and heart,
Perfect holiness attain,
All thine image here regain,
Love my God entirely here,
Blameless then in heaven appear.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”—[1 Thess.] v. 24. 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 95.
Publishing: Public Domain