The holy unconcern

Verse 1
The holy unconcern
That I, ev’n I may learn,
Shew me, Lord, the dazling prize,
Thou thyself my Teacher be;
Then I shall my life despise,
Only wish to live for Thee.

Verse 2
When I my Saviour love,
Nor life nor death can move:
Partner of thy weal or woe,
For that Blisful Sight I sigh,
Crucified to all below,
Only wish for Thee to die.

Verse 3
Thy gospel-minister,
I see my business here,
Witness of thy saving will,
Of thy free, unbounded grace,
First mine office to fulfil,
Then to win and close my race.

Verse 4
I ask not how, or when;
But be my Saviour then:
Grant in death my sole desire,
Bid me lay this body down,
Joyful in thine arms expire,
Share thine everlasting crown.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear &c.’—[Acts 20,] v. 24." 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 375.
Publishing: Public Domain