The saving work Thou hast begun

Verse 1
The saving work Thou hast begun
Thou only, Lord, canst carry on
Unto the perfect day:
In humble hope to persevere,
O may I always watch and fear,
O may I always pray!

Verse 2
On Thee I faithfully depend
To bless me with a peaceful end,
When all my griefs are past:
In mercy then my soul require,
Let me be sav’d out of the fire,
Let me be sav’d at last.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.’—[Matt. 24,] v. 13.” 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 369.
Publishing: Public Domain