Jesu, Thou art my Righteousness. C. Wesley. [Christ our Righteousness.] First published in Hymns and, Sacred Poems, 1740, p. 96, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled "Christ our Righteousness." It was repeated in J. Wesley's Select Hymns with Tunes, 176lines The form, however, by which it is best known is that given to it by J. Wesley in the Wesleyan Hymn Book 1780, No. 337, beginning with stanza iii., "For ever here my rest shall be." In this form it has become known in all English-speaking countries, and is in extensive use. It has also been translated for use on Mission Stations. The original hymn was included in M. Madan's Psalms & Hymns, 1760; A. M. Toplady's Psalms & Hymns, 1776, and others, and was thus brought into use in the Church of England. It is sometimes dated 1745 in error. Another arrangement is that of stanzas iv., v. in the Reformed Dutch Hymns of the Church, N. Y. 1869, as: "My dying Saviour and my God." Pleasing reminiscences of the Wesleyan Hymn Book form of the hymn and of its spiritual benefits to many persons are given in G. J. Stevenson's Methodist Hymn Book Notes, 1883, p. 249. Original text in Poetical Works, 1868-72, vol. i. p. 283.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)