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My Jesus, while in mortal Flesh

Living while in the Flesh, by Faith in CHRIST, who loved us, &c. Galat. ii. 20.

Poet: Philip Doddridge, 1755
Meter: Common Meter (8,6,8,6)
Location in The Sacred Harp
Stanza Denson Cooper
1
My Jesus, while in mortal Flesh
I hold my frail Abode,
Still would my Spirit rest on Thee,
Its Saviour, and its God.
Sharpsburg 39b, Stanza 1
2
By hourly Faith in Thee I live
'Midst all my Griefs and Snares;
And Death, encounter'd in thy Sight,
No Form of Horror wears.

3
Yes, Thou hast lov'd this sinful Worm,
Hast giv'n Thyself for me,
Hast brought me from eternal Death,
Nail'd to the bloody Tree.

4
On thy dear Cross I fix mine Eyes,
Then raise them to thy Seat;
Till Love dissolves my inmost Soul,
At its Redeemer's Feet.
Sharpsburg 39b, Stanza 2
5
Be dead, my Heart, to worldly Charms;
Be dead to ev'ry Sin;
And tell the boldest Foes without,
That Jesus reigns within.
Sharpsburg 39b, Stanza 3
6
My Life with his connected stands,
Nor asks a surer Ground;
He keeps me in his gracious Arms,
Where Heav'n itself is found.

Orton, Job. Hymns, Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures by the Late Reverend Philip Doddridge, D.D. London: Printed by J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755.