Come, O Thou greater than our hearts

Verse 1
Come, O thou greater than our heart, (I John 3:20)
And make thy faithful mercies known, (Lam. 3:22-23)
The mind which was in thee impart, (Phil. 2:5)
Thy constant mind in us be shewn.

Verse 2
From anger set our spirits free, (Eph. 4:26)
It worketh not thy righteousness, (James 1:20)
In patience let us wait on thee, (Ps. 37:7)
And quietly our souls possess. (Luke 21:19)

Verse 3
Jesu, to whose supream command (Matt. 28:18)
All things in heaven, earth, hell submit, (Isa. 45:23, Rom. 14:11, Phil. 2:10-11)
Upon us lay thy mighty hand,
And self shall sink beneath thy feet. (I Cor. 15:27)

Verse 4
O let us by thy cross abide,
Thee, only thee resolve to know, (I Cor. 2:2)
The Lamb for sinners crucified, (Rev. 5:12, John 1:29)
A world to save from endless woe. (John 3:16)

Verse 5
Take us into thy people’s rest, (Matt. 11:28-29)
And we from our own works shall cease, (Heb. 4:9-11)
With thy meek Spirit arm our breast,
And keep our minds in perfect peace. (Isa. 26:3)

Verse 6
Lift up, and fix our stedfast eye, (Heb. 12:2)
On thee the Father’s fav’rite Son, (Matt. 3:17, Matt. 17:5, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22, II Pet. 1:17)
Thee our great head, gone up on high, (Ps. 68:18, Eph. 4:8, Heb. 1:3, Eph. 1:22, Eph. 4:15, Eph. 5:23, Col. 1:18, Col. 2:19)
Firm on thy[1] everlasting throne. (Ps. 45:6, Heb. 1:8)

Verse 7
Tho’ earth and hell thy rule oppose, (Ps. 2:1-2)
The Lord is King, Messiah reigns! (Ps. 97:1, Rev. 11:15, Rev. 19:6, Ps. 2:6)
Till Satan, sin, and all thy foes,
And death, the last of all, be slain. (I Cor. 15:26)

Verse 8
Jesu, for this we calmly wait,
O let our eyes behold thee near,
Hasten to make our heaven compleat,
Appear, our glorious God, appear! (Tit. 2:13, Rev. 22:20)

[1] Wesley changed “thy” to “thine” in 1745, but returned to “thy” in later editions.