Thee Jesus, I adore

Thee, Jesus, I adore,
Whose word doth strength ordain,
And trusting in thy power
I shall thy love retain,
Continue in thy favour
Till soul and body part,
If Thou my dearest Saviour,
Continue in my heart.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Continue ye in my love.’—[John 15,] v. 9." 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 25.
Publishing: Public Domain