Hymns · 1739

Summon'd my labour to renew

Made popular by Charles Wesley, John Wesley

Details

Hymnal / album Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)

Publisher William Strahan

Notes Originally titled: "A Morning Hymn." This is the original version of this hymn, as first published in "Hymns and Sacred Poems (1739)," published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1739). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 158.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

I Corinthians 10:31 Ephesians 6:5 Ephesians 6:7 Colossians 3:17 Colossians 3:22-23

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Matthew 3:17 Matthew 17:5 Mark 1:11 Luke 3:22

Lyrics

Verse 1
Summon’d my labour to renew,
And glad to act my part,
Lord, in thy name, my task I do, (Col. 3:17)
And with a single heart. (Eph. 6:5, Col. 3:22)

Verse 2
End of my every action thou!
Thyself in all I see:
Accept my hallow’d labour now;
I do it unto thee. (I Cor. 10:31, Eph. 6:7, Col. 3:23)

Verse 3
Whate’er the Father views as thine,
He views with gracious eyes.
Jesus! This mean oblation join
To thy great sacrifice.

Verse 4
Stampt with an infinite desert
My work he then shall own;
Well-pleas’d in me, when mine thou art,
And I his favourite son! (Matt. 3:17, Mark 1:11, Luke 3:22, Matt. 17:5)