Jesu, if still the same Thou art
Jesu, if still the same Thou art. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788).
First printed in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), with the title ‘Mathew [sic.] v. 3, 4, 6.’ It is a remarkably dramatic development of the Sermon on the Mount, beginning with verse 3 (‘Blessed are the poor in spirit’, stanza 1 line 4), and continuing with verse 4 (‘Blessed are they that mourn’, stanza 2 lines 1-2) and verse 6 (‘Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness’, stanza 3). They are summed up neatly in stanza 6, line 3. The text in 1740 was as follows:
Jesu, if still the same Thou art If all Thy Promises are sure, Set up Thy Kingdom in my Heart, And make me rich, for I am poor: To me be all...
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