O that we all who now believe

Verse 1
O that we all who now believe
Might to our dear Redeemer cleave,
Firmly resolv’d in heart
To hold, & never let him go,
Till, from himself, we surely know
He will not let us part.

Verse 2
Saviour, in whom by faith we live,
Grace, upon grace, persist to give;
Thy church shall then abide
In thee, & patient to the end
And faithful unto death, ascend,
Thy own unspotted bride.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.’—[Acts 11,] v. 23.” 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 345.
Publishing: Public Domain