Jesu, Our Hope, Our Heart’s Desire

Jesu

our hope

our heart’s de­sire

Thy work of grace we sing;

Redeemer of the world art Thou

Its mak­er and its king.

How vast the mer­cy and the love

Which laid our sins on Thee

And led Thee to a cru­el death

To set Thy peo­ple free!

But now the bonds of death are burst;

The ran­som has been paid;

And Thou art on Thy Fa­ther’s throne

In glo­ri­ous robes ar­rayed.

O may Thy migh­ty love pre­vail

Our sin­ful souls to spare!

O may we stand around Thy throne

And see Thy glo­ry there!

Jesu

our only joy be Thou

As Thou our prize wilt be;

In Thee be all our glo­ry now

And through eter­ni­ty.

All praise to Thee who art gone up

Triumphantly to Heav’n;

All praise to God the Fa­ther’s name

And Ho­ly Ghost be giv’n.