Wednesday with the Wesleys

O grant that nothing in my soul

may dwell, but Thy pure love alone!

O may Thy love possess me whole,

my joy, my treasure, and my crown.

Strange flames far from my soul remove,

my every act, word, thought, be love.

In suffering be Thy love my peace,

in weakness be Thy love my power;

and when the storms of life shall cease,

Jesu, in that important hour,

in death as life be Thou my guide,

and save me, who for me hast died.

~ Paul Gerhardt, translated from the German by John Wesley