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HYMN to the HOLY GHOST.
I.
1 COME HOLY GHOST, all-quickning Fire,
2 Come, and in Me delight to rest!
3 Drawn by the Lure of strong Desire,
4 O come, and consecrate my Breast:
5 The Temple of my Soul prepare,
6 And six thy Sacred Presence there!
II.
7 If now thy Influence I feel,
8 If now in Thee begin to live;
9 Still to my Heart Thyself reveal,
10 Give me Thyself, for ever give.
11 A Point my Good, a Drop my Store:
12 Eager I ask, and pant for more.
III.
13 Eager for Thee I ask and pant,
14 So strong the Principle Divine
15 Carries me out with sweet Constraint,
16 Till all my hallow'd Soul be Thine:
17 Plung'd in the Godhead's deepest Sea,
18 And lost in thy Immensity.
IV.
19 My Peace, my Life, my Comfort now,
20 My Treasure, and my All Thou art!
[Page 185]21 True Witness of my Sonship Thou,
22 Engraving Pardon on my Heart:
23 Seal of my Sins in CHRIST forgiv'n,
24 Earnest of Love, and Pledge of Heav'n.
V.
25 Come then, my GOD, mark out thy Heir,
26 Of Heav'n a larger Earnest give,
27 With clearer Light thy Witness bear;
28 More sensibly within me live:
29 Let all my Pow'rs thy Entrance feel,
30 And deeper stamp Thyself the Seal.
VI.
31 Come, HOLY GHOST, all quick'ning Fire,
32 Come, and in me delight to rest!
33 Drawn by the Lure of strong Desire,
34 O come, and consecrate my Breast:
35 The Temple of my Soul prepare,
36 And fix thy sacred Presence there!
Source edition
Wesley, John, 1703-1791. Wesley, Charles, 1707-1788. Hymns and sacred poems: Published by John Wesley, ... and Charles Wesley, ... London: printed by William Strahan; and sold by James Hutton; and at Mr. Bray's, 1739, pp. 184-185. x,[6],223,[1]p.; 12⁰. (ESTC T31323; OTA K034809.000) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Vet. A4 f. 254].)
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Other works by Rev. Charles Wesley
- The 53d Chapter of ISAIAH. ()
- ACTS i. 4. Wait for the Promise of the Father, which ye have heard of me. ()
- ACTS ii. 41, &c. ()
- ACTS iv. 29. ()
- After a Recovery from Sickness. ()
- Another. ()
- Another. ()
- Another. ()
- At MEALS. ()
- CHRIST the Friend of Sinners. ()
- Congratulation to a Friend, upon Believing in CHRIST. ()
- FREE GRACE. ()
- GAL. iii. 22. The Scripture hath concluded all under Sin, that the Promise by Faith of JESUS CHRIST might be given to them that believe. ()
- Glory be to GOD on high, &c. ()
- GRACE after MEAT. ()
- GRACE after MEAT. ()
- GRACE before MEAT. ()
- GRACE before MEAT. ()
- HEB. xii. 2. Looking unto JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our Faith. ()
- HYMN after the Sacrament. ()
- HYMN for ASCENSION-DAY. ()
- HYMN for CHRISTMAS-DAY. ()
- HYMN for EASTER-DAY. ()
- A HYMN for MIDNIGHT. ()
- HYMN for the EPIPHANY. ()
- HYMN for WHITSUNDAY. ()
- HYMN of THANKSGIVING to the FATHER. ()
- HYMN on the Titles of CHRIST. ()
- HYMN to CHRIST the King. ()
- HYMN to CONTEMPT. ()
- HYMN to the HOLY GHOST. ()
- HYMN to the SON. ()
- IId HYMN to CHRIST the King. ()
- IId HYMN to CHRIST. ()
- IIId HYMN to CHRIST. ()
- In AFFLICTION. ()
- In DESERTION or TEMPTATION. ()
- ISA. li. 9, &c. ()
- ISAIAH xliii. 1, 2, 3. ()
- JOHN xv. 18, 19. ()
- JOHN xvi. 24. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your Joy may be full. ()
- JUSTIFIED, but not SANCTIFIED. ()
- The MAGNIFICAT. ()
- MATTH. V. 3. Blessed are they that mourn. ()
- A MORNING HYMN. ()
- On Reading Monsr. de RENTY's Life. ()
- On the Conversion of a Common Harlot. LUKE XV. 10. There is Joy in the Presence of the Angels of GOD over one Sinner that repenteth. ()
- A PRAYER under Convictions. ()
- ROM. iv. 5. To him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the Ungodly, his Faith is counted for Righteousness. ()
- SOLITUDE. From the Latin. ()
- Therefore with Angels, &c. ()
- To be sung at WORK. ()
- Written in the Beginning of a Recovery from Sickness. ()
- ZEAL. ()