Jesus, the first and last

Verse 1
Jesus, the first and last,
On thee my soul is cast:
Thou didst thy work begin
By blotting out my sin;
Thou wilt the root remove,
And perfect me in love.

Verse 2
Yet when the work is done,
The work is but begun:
Partaker of thy grace,
I long to see thy face:
The first I prove below,
The last I die to know.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last.”—[Rev.] i. 11. 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. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 221.
Publishing: Public Domain