Thrice acceptable word,
I long to prove it true!
Take me into thyself, O Lord,
By making me anew;
Me for thy mercy sake
Out of myself remove,
Partaker of thy nature make,
Thy holiness and love.
Thrice acceptable word
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature.”—[2 Cor.] v. 17. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 49.
Publishing: Public Domain