{"id":"cw/hymns/misc/018-before-reading-the-scriptures-another-2","corpus":"cw-hymns-misc","type":"hymn","author":"charles-wesley","title":"018 Before Reading The Scriptures Another 2","title_alt":[],"text_basis":null,"date_composed":"1740","date_precision":"year","date_note":null,"numbering":{"bicentennial":null,"jackson_running":null,"sugden":null},"source_edition":{"editor":null,"title":null,"edition":null,"place":null,"publisher":null,"year":null,"volume":null,"pages":null,"scan_url":null,"scan_page_ids":null},"transcription":{"derived_from":null,"corrected_against_scan":false,"corrector":null,"corrected_on":null},"modernization":"none","license_text":"Public Domain Mark 1.0","license_apparatus":"CC BY 4.0","wikidata":null,"prev":null,"next":null,"part_of":"cw-hymns-misc","editorial_note":null,"source_id":"cw-018-before-reading-the-scriptures-another-2","passage_ids":["cw-018-before-reading-the-scriptures-another-2-full"],"word_count":139,"themes_auto":["christology","pneumatology","trinity"],"open":true,"closed_reason":null,"legacy_ids":["cw-018-before-reading-the-scriptures-another-2-full"],"passages":[{"id":"cw-018-before-reading-the-scriptures-another-2-full","author":"charles-wesley","source_id":"cw-018-before-reading-the-scriptures-another-2","source_title":"018 Before Reading The Scriptures Another 2","source_type":"hymn","year":1740,"chunk_index":0,"text":"Before Reading the Scriptures (Another 2) Shew us thy Sire; for known to thee The Father's glories are: The dread paternal majesty Thou only canst declare. Open the scriptures now; reveal All which for us thou art: Talk with us, Lord, and let us feel The kindling in our heart. In thee we languish to be found; To catch thy words we bow; We listen for the quick'ning sound, Speak, Lord; we hear thee now. Another Before Reading the Scriptures.23 Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, Let us thy influence prove; Source of the old prophetick fire, Fountain of life, and love. Come, Holy Ghost, (for, mov'd by thee, Thy prophets wrote and spoke:) Unlock the truth, thyself the key, Unseal the sacred book. 23Charles included this hymn in a later manuscript selection for family use: MS Family, 10.","word_count":139,"source_url":null,"themes":["christology","pneumatology","trinity"],"is_full_hymn":true,"created_at":"2026-01-29T18:25:04.478018"}]}