If ye then 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.
Colossians 3:1–2
Words: Charles Wesley, Short Hymns (Bristol, England: E. Farley, 1762), number 625.
Music: Aconcagua Claud H. Bottoms, in The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, Georgia: Anthony J. Showalter, 1904), number 184 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a better photo of Bottoms,
Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know,
If risen indeed with Him ye are,
Superior to the joys below,
His resurrection’s power declare,
Your faith by holy tempers prove,
By actions show your sins forgiven,
And seek the glorious things above,
And follow Christ your Head to Heaven.
There your exalted Savior see
Seated at God’s right hand again,
In all His Father’s majesty,
In everlasting pomp to reign:
To Him continually aspire,
Contending for your native place,
And emulate the angel choir,
And only live to love and praise.