Vain, de­lus­ive world, adieu,
With all of crea­ture good;
Only Je­sus I pur­sue,
Who bought me with His blood;
All thy plea­sures I fore­go;
I tram­ple on thy wealth and pride;
Only Je­sus will I know,
And Je­sus cr­uci­fied.

Other know­ledge I dis­dain,
’Tis all but va­ni­ty;
Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain,
He tast­ed death for me:
Me to save from end­less woe
The sin aton­ing Vic­tim died;
Only Je­sus will I know,
And Je­sus cru­ci­fied.

Here will I set up my rest;
My fluc­tu­at­ing heart
From the hav­en of His breast
Shall ne­ver­more de­part;
Whither should a sin­ner go?
His wounds for me stand op­en wide;
Only Je­sus will I know,
And Je­sus cru­ci­fied.

Him to know is life and peace,
And plea­sure with­out end;
This is all my hap­pi­ness,
On Je­sus to de­pend;
Daily in His grace to grow,
And ev­er in His faith abide;
Only Je­sus will I know,
And Je­sus cru­ci­fied.

O that I could all in­vite,
This sav­ing truth to prove;
Show the length, the breadth, the height,
And depth of Je­sus’ love!
Fain I would to sin­ners show
The blood by faith alone ap­plied;
Only Je­sus will I know,
And Je­sus cru­ci­fied.