1  Give up the world, Christ to obtain,

       He is your heart's very need;

    What else can you desire or seek?

       All things are empty indeed!

 2  Give up the world, Christ to obtain,

       He is the One you require;

    Once you receive this glorious Christ,

       Never the rest you'll desire.

 3  Though very great is all the world,

       And very small is your heart,

    Yet the great world with all its wealth

       Never can fill your small heart.

 4  If you have Christ, you have all joys;

       Without this Christ, only pains;

    Where there is Christ there morning is;

       Where He is not, night remains.