Who only seeks his Lord to raise

Verse 1
Who only seeks his Lord to raise,
Would all into the service press,
On every creature call,
Use every help to make him known
Who did for the whole world atone,
The dying Friend of all.

Verse 2
Joyful to share his happy toil,
Suffice for him if Jesus’ smile
His faithfulness approve:
Rivals in fame he cannot fear,
A man of piety sincere,
And fill’d with faith and love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, to seek Saul.’—[Acts 11,] v. 25.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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 261.
Publishing: Public Domain