1105    L.M.     Samuel Medley
“But one thing is needful.” Luke 10. 42; Ps. 73. 25

1 Jesus, engrave it on my heart,
  That thou the one thing needful art;
  I could from all things parted be,
  But never, never, Lord, from thee.

2 Needful art thou to make me live;
  Needful art thou all grace to give;
  Needful to guide me, lest I stray;
  Needful to help me every day.

3 Needful is thy most precious blood;
  Needful is thy correcting rod;
  Needful is thy indulgent care;
  Needful thy all-prevailing prayer.

4 Needful thy presence, dearest Lord,
  True peace and comfort to afford;
  Needful thy promise to impart
  Fresh life and vigour to my heart.

5 Needful art thou, my soul can say,
  Through all life’s dark and thorny way;
  In death thou wilt most needful be,
  When I yield up my soul to thee.

6 Needful art thou, to raise my dust
  In shining glory with the just;
  Needful when I in heaven appear,
  To crown and to present me there.