Wesley Corpus

Still let me run, or end my race; I cannot chuse, I all resign; Contract or lengthen out my days; Come life, come death; for Christ is mine. Groaning for the Spirit of Adoption.54 Father, if thou my Father art, Send forth the Spirit of thy Son, Breathe him into my panting heart, And make me know, as I am known: Make me thy conscious child, that I May "Father, Abba, Father" cry. I want the Sp'rit55 of power within, Of love, and of an healthful mind; Of power, to conquer inbred sin, Of love to thee, and all mankind, Of health, that pain and death defies, Most vig'rous, when the body dies. When shall I hear the inward voice, Which only faithful souls can hear! Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys Attend the promis'd Comforter: He comes! And righteousness divine, And Christ, and all with Christ is mine! 54A manuscript draft of this hymn is can be pieced from two collections: the first four and a third stanzas appear on a looseleaf page (numbered page 22) in Special Collections of Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Library, in a volume titled "Presidents of the British Wesleyan Conference"; the remained is found on a looseleaf page (numbered page 23) in MARC, DDCW 6. 55Spelled out as "Spirit" in manuscript draft. Page 132 O that the Comforter would come, Nor visit, as a transient guest, But fix in me his constant home, And take56 possession of my breast, And make my soul his lov'd abode, The temple of indwelling God. Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire, Attest that I am born again! Come, and baptize me now with fire, Or all thy former gifts are vain. I cannot rest in sin forgiven;57 Where is the earnest of my heaven! Where thy indubitable seal That58 ascertains the kingdom mine, The powerful stamp I long to feel, The signature of love divine: O shed it in my heart abroad, Fulness of love, of heaven of God! Universal Redemption.59