Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know

Verse 1
Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know,
If ris’n indeed with him ye are,
Superior to the joys below,
His resurrection’s power declare,
Your faith by holy tempers prove,
By actions shew your sins forgiven,
And seek the glorious things above,
And follow Christ your head to heaven.

Verse 2
There your exalted Saviour see
Seated at God’s right-hand again,
In all his Father’s majesty,
In everlasting pomp to reign:
To him continually aspire,
Contending for your native place,
And emulate the angel-quire,
And only live to love and praise.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth.”—[Col.] iii. 1, 2. 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 86.
Publishing: Public Domain