Holy, thou knowst, I fain would be,
I languish to sell all for thee;
And when the power is given,
Spotless, and perfected in love,
I shall triumphantly remove
To find my wealth in heaven.
Holy, Thou know’st, I fain would be
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast.”—[Matt.] xix. 21. 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 326.
Publishing: Public Domain