My Heart Is Full of Christ

My heart is full of Christ

and longs

Its glo­ri­ous mat­ter to de­clare!

Of Him I make my lof­ti­er song

I can­not from His praise for­bear;

My rea­dy tongue makes haste to sing

The glo­ries of my heav’n­ly King.

Fairer than all the earth-born race

Perfect in come­li­ness Thou art;

Replenished are Thy lips with grace

And full of love Thy ten­der heart:

God ev­er blest! we bow the knee

And own all full­ness dwells in Thee.

Gird on Thy thigh the Spir­it’s sword

And take to Thee Thy pow­er di­vine;

Stir up Thy strength

al­migh­ty Lord

All pow­er and ma­jes­ty are Thine:

Assert Thy wor­ship and re­nown;

O all re­deem­ing God

come down!

Come

and main­tain Thy righte­ous cause

And let Thy glo­ri­ous toil suc­ceed;

Dispread the vic­to­ry of Thy cross

Ride on

and pros­per in Thy deed;

Through earth tri­umph­ant­ly ride on

And reign in ev­ery heart alone.