Think thou busy, prosperous man,
From whence thy goods increase,
All thy diligence were vain,
If God refus’d to bless:
Wealth thou dost thro’ him acquire,
That all thy soul may heavenward move,
Wing’d with infinite desire
Of Jesu’s richest love.
Think, thou busy, prosperous man
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth.”—[Deut.] viii. 18. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 99.
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