Verse 1
God of all consolation, take (II Cor. 1:3)
The glory of thy grace, (Eph. 1:6)
Thy gifts to thee we render back
In ceaseless songs of praise.
Not unto us, but thee, O Lord, (Ps. 115:1)
Glory to thee be given,
For every gracious thought and word
That brought us nearer heaven.

Verse 2
Further’d in faith, or hope, or love, (I Cor. 13:13)
The praise to thee we give,
Thy gifts descending from above (James 1:17)
We only can receive,
The gift, the grace, the work is thine, (Eph. 2:8-9, I Chron. 29:14)
If ours the ministry, (I Cor. 3:5-7)
We bow, and bless the hand divine,
All, all descends from thee. (James 1:17)

Verse 3
Thro’ thee we now together came,
In singleness of heart, (Acts 4:32)
We met, O Jesus, in thy name, (Matt. 18:20)
And in thy name we part:
We part in body, not in mind, (I Cor. 1:10)
Our minds continue one, (Rom. 15:6, II Cor. 13:11, Phil. 1:27, Phil. 2:2, I Pet. 3:8)
And each to each in Jesus join’d, (Eph. 4:19, Col. 2:19)
We hand in hand go on.

Verse 4
Subsists as in us all one soul, (Acts 4:32)
No power can make us twain,
And mountains rise, and oceans roll
To sever us in vain. (Rom. 8:38-39)
Present we still in spirit are, (I Cor. 5:3)
And intimately nigh,
While on the wings of faith and prayer,
We each to other fly.

Verse 5
With Jesus Christ together we
In heavenly places sit, (Eph. 2:6)
Cloath’d with the Son, we smile to see
The moon beneath our feet. (Rev. 12:1)
Our life is hid with Christ in God, (Col. 3:3)
Our life shall soon appear, (Col. 3:4)
And spread his glory all abroad
In all his members here. (II Thess. 1:10)

Verse 6
The heavenly treasure now we have
In a mean house of clay, (II Cor. 4:7)
Which he shall to the utmost save {Heb. 7:25)
And guard against that day. (II Tim. 1:12)
Our souls are in his mighty hand,
And he will keep them still, (John 10:28-29)
And you and I shall surely stand
With him on Sion’s hill. (Rev. 14:1)

Verse 7
Him eye to eye we there shall see, (Job 19:27, I Cor. 13:12, I Jn. 3:2, Rev. 22:4)
Our face like his shall shine: (Ex. 34:29, Matt. 17:2, Rev. 1:16)
O what a glorious company,
When saints and angels join!
O what a joyful meeting there!
In robes of white array’d, (Rev. 4:4, Rev. 7:9, Rev. 7:13-14)
Palms in our hands we all shall bear, (Rev. 7:9)
And crowns upon our head. (Rev. 4:4, II Tim. 4:8, James 1:12, I Pet. 5:4, Rev. 2:10)

Verse 8
Then let us lawfully contend, (II Tim. 2:5, I Cor. 9:24-27)
And fight our passage through,
Bear in our faithful mind the end,
And keep the prize in view; (Phil. 3:14, Heb. 12:1-2)
Then let us hasten to the day
When all shall be brought home: (John 14:2-3)
Come, O Redeemer, come away!
O Jesus, quickly come! (I Cor. 16:22, Rev. 22:20)

[1] Wesley changed “Son” to “sun” in 1747.