Jesus I humbly seek

Verse 1
Jesus I humbly seek,
And of Himself inquire,
Did not the Prophet speak
Of Thee, the world’s Desire?
Thou poor, despis’d, afflicted Man,
His meaning to my heart explain.

Verse 2
Art Thou the Lamb of God
Who did from heaven come,
Led by the multitude,
Before thy shearers dumb
The patient, speechless Man of woe
By sinners crucified below?

Verse 3
Swept from the face of earth,
Didst Thou our sorrows bear,
Whose everlasting birth
God only can declare,
Whose countless seed shall soon arise,
And shine as stars beyond the skies.

Verse 4
Adopt me by thy grace
Into thy family,
My heart shall then confess
The Prophet spake of Thee,
Thee to mine inmost soul made known,
I feel, He spake of Thee alone!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?’—[Acts 8,] v. 34.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 228.
Publishing: Public Domain