Jesus my strength, my hope

Jesus my strength, my hope. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788).  From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1742), where it had seven 8-line stanzas, each of which was divided into two. It was entitled ‘A Poor Sinner’. The word ‘want’ is used throughout in the sense of ‘need’: 1.  Jesu, my Strength, my Hope,      On Thee I cast my Care, With humble Confidence look up,     And know Thou hearst my Prayer.      Give me on Thee to wait     Till I can all Things do, On Thee Almighty to create,     Almighty to renew.  2.  I rest upon Thy Word,     The Promise is for Me, My Succour, and Salvation, Lord,     Shall surely come from Thee.      But let me still abide,     Nor from my Hope remove, Till Thou my...