Ye faithful souls who Jesus know

Ye faithful souls who Jesus know. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788). First published in Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (Bristol, 1762), Volume II, as two hymns, one of two 8-line stanzas and the other of one 8-line stanza, based on Colossians 3: 1-2 and 3-4 respectively. The heading of the first hymn was If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. - iii. 1,2. This was versified as follows in 1762: Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know,  If ris’n indeed with Him ye are,Superior to the joys below,  His resurrection's power declare,Your faith by holy...