O Filial Deity

Verse 1
O filial deity,
Accept my new-born cry!
See the travail of thy soul, (Isa. 53:11)
Saviour, and be satisfy’d; (Isa. 53:11)
Take me now, possess me whole,
Who for me, for me hast dy’d! (Gal. 2:20, Rom. 5:8)

Verse 2
Of life thou art the tree,
My immortality!
Feed this tender branch of thine, (John 15:4-5)
Ceaseless influence derive,
Thou the true, the heav’nly vine, (John 15:1)
Grafted into thee I live. (Rom. 11:17, Rom. 11:24)

Verse 3
Of life the fountain thou, (Ps. 36:9)
I know—I feel it now!
Faint and dead no more I droop: (Isa. 40:29-31)
Thou art in me: thy supplies (John 15:4, Gal. 2:20, Col. 1:27)
Ev’ry moment springing up
Into life eternal rise. (John 4:14)

Verse 4
Thou the good shepherd art, (John 10:11, John 10:14)
From thee I ne’er shall part:
Thou my keeper and my guide, (Ps. 121:5)
Make me still thy tender care,
Gently lead me by thy side,
Sweetly in thy bosom bear. (Isa. 40:11)

Verse 5
Thou art my daily bread; (Matt. 6:11, Luke 11:3, John 6:35, John 6:48, John 6:51)
O Christ, thou art my head: (Eph. 5:23, Col. 1:18)
Motion, virtue, strength to me,
Me thy living member flow; (I Cor. 12:27, Eph. 5:29-30)
Nourish’d I, and fed by thee, (Col. 2:19)
Up to thee in all things grow. (Eph. 4:15-16)

Verse 6
Prophet, to me reveal (Deut. 18:15, Acts 3:22, Acts 7:37)
Thy Father’s perfect will.
Never mortal spake like thee, (John 7:46)
Human prophet like divine;
Loud and strong their voices be,
Small and still and inward thine! (I Kings 19:12)

Verse 7
On thee my priest I call,
Thy blood aton’d for all. (I John 2:2, I Tim. 2:6)
Still the Lamb as slain appears, (Rev. 5:6)
Still thou stand’st before the throne,
Ever off’ring up my[1] pray’rs, (Heb. 7:25, Rom. 8:34)
These presenting with thy own.

Verse 8
Jesu![2] Thou art my King,
From thee my strength I bring!
Shadow’d by thy mighty hand, (Isa. 49:2, Isa. 51:16)
Saviour, who shall pluck me thence? (John 10:28-29)
Faith supports, by faith I stand (II Cor. 1:24, Rom. 11:20)
Strong as thy omnipotence.

Verse 9
O filial deity,
Accept my new-born cry!
See the travail of thy soul, (Isa. 53:11)
Saviour, and be satisfy’d; (Isa. 53:11)
Take me now, possess me whole,
Who for me, for me hast dy’d! (Gal. 2:20, Rom. 5:8)

[1] Wesley corrected an original typo, “thy,” to “my” in 1782.
[2] Wesley changed “Jesu!” to “Jesus” in 1761.