Suffice, O Lord, the season past;
Henceforth I every good refuse,
To this vile earth which ties me fast,
Which nature would regret to lose,
I set my heart on things above,
And want no treasure but thy love.
Suffice, O Lord, the season past
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth.”—[Matt.] vi. 19. 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. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 186.
Publishing: Public Domain