Lord Jesus Christ my sole desire,

Lord Jesus Christ my sole desire, My heart is fixed, alone, on Thee. Among ten thousand Thou art peerless; Chiefest of all art Thou to me.

Thy matchlessness and worth surpassing, Transcend all else exceedingly. Oh, how supreme and prepossessing, Is Thine unrivaled love to me.

My life-long quest is just to know Thee Till more and more subjectively, I would arrive at the full knowledge, Of all the excellence of Thee.

Since the first day that I beheld Thee I’ve longed to know Thee ever more My heart doth love Thee most supremely Thy preciousness, Lord, I adore.

Lost in Thee, Lord, I gaze intently Drawn from all else to look away, Thou, Magnet of my soul, hast charmed me Far more today than yesterday.

I’m captivated by Thy beauty, Incomp’rable Thou art to me. Counting all things as loss and refuse, I’d pay the price of gaining Thee.

My daily goal and aim—to win Thee, For this I press on desperately, Forgetting all that is behind me And stretching forward earnestly.

Toward this goal I’m pressing onward That I may lay hold of the Prize, Gain me in full that I may gain Thee Thy peerlessness to realize.

Not I alone; we in the Body Strive to delve into and explore The rich dimensions of Thy vastness, Thine endless wealth and treasure store.

When Thou, our Christ, so all-inclusive, We apprehend, know, and possess Thine attributes divine, our virtues Will all Thy fullness thus express.

Thine excellency may we know, Lord, That Thou, Thy home in us, may make Till we arrive at Thy full knowledge And, of Thy riches full, partake.