He thirsted, to redeem his foe,
And reconcile a world to God,
He long’d that all his love might know,
Sav’d by the virtue of his blood!
Be satisfied; we thirst for thee,
We add our strong desires to thine:
See then, thy soul’s hard travail see,
And die, to make us all divine.
He thirsted, to redeem his foe
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I thirst.”—John xix. 28. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762).
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