Vain, delusive world, adieu

Vain, delusive world, adieu,With all your creature good;Only Jesus we pursue,Who bought us with his blood!All thy pleasures we forego,We trample on thy wealth and pride;Only Jesus will we know,And Jesus crucified!

Here will we set up our rest;Each fluctuating heartFrom the haven of his breastShall never more depart.Whither should a sinner go?His wounds for me stand open wide;Only Jesus will we know,And Jesus crucified!

O that we could all invite,This saving truth to prove;Show the length, the breadth, the height,And depth of Jesus' love!Fain we would to sinners show,The blood by faith alone applied;Only Jesus will we knowAnd Jesus crucified!