Jesus all and in all.
THOU hidden Source of calm repose, 
  
Thou all-sufficient Love divine, 
  
My help and refuge from my foes, 
  
Secure I am while thou art mine: 
  
And lo! from sin, and grief, and shame, 
  
I hide me, Jesus, in thy name. 
2 Thy mighty name salvation is, 
  
And keeps my happy soul above: 
  
Comfort it brings, and power, and peace, 
  
And joy, and everlasting love: 
  
To me, with thy great name, are given 
  
Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 
3 Jesus, my all in all thou art, 
  
My rest in toil, my ease in pain, 
  
The medicine of my broken heart;
   
In war, my peace; in loss, my gain; 
  
My smile beneath the tyrant’s frown; 
  
In shame, my glory and my crown: 
4 In want, my plentiful supply; 
  
In weakness, my almighty power; 
  
In bonds, my perfect liberty; 
  
My light, in Satan’s darkest hour; 
  
In grief, my joy unspeakable; 
  
My life in death, my all in all. 
                        Charles Wesley 
                        Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)
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