Jesus, Highest Heaven’s Completeness

Jesus, highest heaven’s completeness,

Name of music to the ear,

To the lips surpassing sweetness,

Wine the fainting heart to cheer.

Eating Thee, the soul may hunger,

Drinking, still athirst may be;

But for earthly food no longer,

Nor for any stream but Thee.

Jesus, all delight exceeding,

Only hope of heart distrest;

Weeping eyes and spirit mourning

Find in Thee a place of rest.

Stay, O Beauty uncreated,

Ever ancient, ever new;

Banish deeds of darkness hated,

With Thy sweetness all bedew.

Jesus, fairest blossom springing

From a maiden ever pure,

May our lips Thy praise be singing

While eternal years endure.

(BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, and ROBERT CAMPBELL)

O For A Thousand Tongues

O for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer’s praise,
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of His grace!

My gracious Master and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad,
The honors of Thy name.

Jesus! The name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
’Tis music in the sinner’s ears,
’Tis life, and health, and peace.

He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean,
His blood availed for me.

Glory to God, and praise, and love
Be ever, ever given
By saints below and saints above,
The Church in earth and heaven.

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)