Jesu, Redeemer of mankind (What Is Our Calling's Glorious Hope)

Verse 1
Jesu, Redeemer of mankind,
How little art thou known (John 1:10)
By sinners of a carnal mind, (Rom. 8:6-7, Tit. 1:16)
Who claim thee for their own;

Verse 2
Who blasphemously call thee Lord
With lips, and hearts unclean, (Isa. 29:13, Matt. 15:8, Mark 7:6)
But make thee, while they slight thy word,
The minister of sin: (Gal. 2:17)

Verse 3
Who madly plead for sin’s remains;
While full of slavish fears,
They fancy thou hast purg’d their stains,
And falsely call thee theirs.

Verse 4
O wretched man, who dares divide
The pardon, and the peace!
In vain for thee the Saviour died,
Unless he seal thee his. (II Cor. 1:22, Eph. 1:13, Eph. 4:30)

Verse 5
O wretched man, from guilt to dream
Thy harden’d conscience freed!
When Jesus doth a soul redeem, (Job 33:28, Ps. 34:22, Ps. 49:15, Ps. 55:18, Ps. 69:18, Ps. 71:23, Ps. 130:8)
He makes it free indeed. (John 8:36, Rom. 6:7, Rom. 6:22, Gal. 5:1)

Verse 6
The guilt and power with all thy art
Can never be disjoin’d,
Nor will God bid the guilt depart,
And leave the power behind.

Verse 7
Faith, when it comes, breaks every chain,
And makes us truly free,
But Christ hath died for thee in vain,
Unless he lives in thee. (Gal. 2:20)

Verse 8
What is redemption in his blood, (Eph. 1:7, Col. 1:14, Rev. 5:9)
But liberty within?
A liberty to serve my God,
And to eschew my sin.

Verse 9
What is our calling’s glorious hope, (Eph. 1:18, Eph. 4:4)
But inward holiness?
For this to Jesus I look up,
I calmly wait for this.

Verse 10
I wait, till he shall touch me clean,
Shall life, and power impart,
Give me a faith that roots out sin,
And purifies my heart. (Acts 15:9,

Verse 11
This is the dear redeeming grace,
For every sinner free:
Surely it shall on me take place,
The chief of sinners me. (I Tim. 1:15)

Verse 12
From all iniquity, from all
He shall my soul redeem:
In Jesus I believe, and shall
Believe myself to him.

Verse 13
When Jesus makes my soul his home,
My sin shall all depart:
“And lo!” He saith, “I quickly come, (Rev. 22:20)
To cleanse and fill thy heart.” (Matt. 8:3, Mark 1:41, Luke 5:13, James 4:8, I Jn. 1:7)

Verse 14
Be it according to thy word, (Luke 1:38)
Redeem me from all sin,
My heart would now receive thee, Lord:
Come in, my Lord, come in!