What Shall I Render to My God

196 What Shall I Render to My God

1. What shall I render to my God
   For all His mercy’s store?
   I’ll take the gifts He hath bestowed,
   And humbly ask for more.

2. The sacred cup of saving grace
   I will with thanks receive,
   And all His promises embrace,
   And to His glory live.

3. My vows I will to His great name
   Before His people pay,
   And all I have, and all I am,
   Upon His altar lay.

4. The God of all redeeming grace
   My God I will proclaim,
   Offer the sacrifice of praise,
   And call upon His name.

5. Praise Him, ye saints, the God of love,
   Who hath my sins forgiven,
   Till, gathered to the church above,
   We sing the songs of Heaven.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition

<idle musing
Not one of Wesley's better-known hymns; this one only occurs in 25 hymnals. I don't recall ever singing it. Cyberhymal inserts two verses:

4. Thy lawful servant, Lord, I owe
   To Thee whate’er is mine,
   Born in Thy family below,
   And by redemption thine.

5. Thy hands created me, Thy hands
   From sin have set me free,
   The mercy that hath loosed my bands
   Hath bound me fast to Thee.

</idle musing>