Forth in Thy Name

Forth in Thy name, O Lord I go,
My daily labor to pursue.
Thee, only Thee, resolved to know,
In all I think, or speak, or do.

The task Thy wisdom hath assigned,
O let me cheerfully fulfill;
In all my works Thy presence find,
And prove Thy good and perfect will.

Thee may I set at my right hand,
Whose eyes my inmost substance see.
And labor on at Thy command,
And offer all my works to Thee.

Charles Wesley, 1749
based on Psalm 16:8