So Lord, let it be, With my soul I agree

Verse 1
So, Lord, let it be: With my soul I agree
To take up my cross, and to imitate Thee;
My Pattern to trace, And walk in thy ways,
By the labour of love, and the patience of grace.

Verse 2
I have nothing to do, But to prove my love true,
And in every estate my Example pursue;
To continue employ’d For the glory of God,
By expending my life, or by shedding my blood.

Verse 3
On thyself I depend My steps to attend,
And my goings uphold, till I come to the end;
Till I cross the rough tide With the help of my Guide,
And am lost upon earth, and am found at thy side.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me.’—[John 21,] v. 19." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 128.
Publishing: Public Domain