Verse 1
Obedient to his God’s command,
And influenc’d by faith alone,
Abraham left his native land,
Went out, and sought a place unknown.

Verse 2
A place he should possess at last,
When twice two[2] hundred years were o’er,
Upon the word himself he cast,
He follow’d God, and ask’d no more.

Verse 3
As in a strange, tho’ promis’d, land,
(A land his distant heirs receiv’d,)
He, and his sons in tents remain’d;
He knew on whom he had believ’d.

Verse 4
A better heritage he sought,
A city built by God on high,
Thither he rais’d his tow’ring thought,
He fix’d on heaven his stedfast eye.

Verse 5
Whose firm foundations never move,
Jerusalem was all his care,
The New Jerusalem above;
His treasure, and his heart was there.

Verse 6
And shall not we the call obey,
And haste where God commands, to go?
Despise these tenements of clay,
These dreams of happiness below?

Verse 7
Yes Lord; we hearken to thy call,
As sojourners o’er earth we rove,
We have for thee forsaken all,
And seek the heaven of perfect love.

[2] Wesley changed “twice two” to “full four” in 1740 (the Hymns and Sacred Poems reprint).