Jesus, my soul aspires

Verse 1
Jesus, my soul aspires
By faith to compass Thee,
With infinite desires
To grasp Immensity:
Of all in earth and heaven
I nothing want beside,
But when my God is given,
My soul is satisfied.

Verse 2
Thy nature pure partaking,
To Thee in Spirit join’d
And in thine image waking
The true delight I find:
The God of my salvation
If Thou in me appear,
With blest anticipation
I see, and taste thee here.

Verse 3
Yet still my Lord possessing
For more of heaven I pray,
I want the final blessing
In that most joyful day,
The intimate fruition
Of glorious Holiness,
The full, eternal Vision
Of my Redeemer’s face.

Verse 4
Come then in all thy glory
The saints triumphant King,
Of all things transitory
The flaming period bring:
And lo, out of the burning
On angels wings I fly
And meet my Lord returning,
And grasp Him in the sky!

Hymnal/Album: This hymn was included in a manuscript titled “MS Hymns for Love.” This manuscript is held by the Methodist Archive and Research Centre of the John Rylands Library at The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/578, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). 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. 8 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 370.
Publishing: Public Domain