The good thou dost for Jesus’ sake

Verse 1
The good thou dost for Jesus’ sake
Ev’n from thy bosom-friend conceal,
Nor let remembrance bring it back,
Or fondly on the action dwell,
But shun the soul-insnaring sight,
And find in God thy whole delight.

Verse 2
Thy alms and works of righteousness
The closest secresy require:
Thy God and not thyself to please
Be this thy humble heart’s desire,
And leave whate’er for Him is done
Hid from thyself in God alone.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth.’—[Matt. 6,] v. 3.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Matthew.” 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 1977/577, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). 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 and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 20.
Publishing: Public Domain