We seek the Saviour of mankind

Verse 1
We seek the Saviour of mankind,
If He infuse the good desire,
But Jesus we can never find,
Unless we of himself inquire,
Leave every ministerial John,
And ask for Christ of Christ alone.

Verse 2
The law points out the Victim slain,
And tow’ard him a few steps we go,
But never can to Christ attain,
Till He the power of faith bestow,
Turning to us, himself impart,
And speak in mercy to the heart.

Verse 3
Master (as such Thyself I own)
My Master and Director be,
Instruct me in the way unknown,
Which leads to happiness and Thee,
And by the lessons of thy love
Conduct me to thy house above.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Master, where dwellest thou?’—[John 1,] v. 38." 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 S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 216. Verses 2 and 3 were published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 328.
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