Methodist-Hymns-280
1: I WANT the Spirit of power within,
Of love, and of a healthful mind:
Of power, to conquer inbred sin;
Of love, to Thee and all mankind;
Of health, that pain and death defies,n Most vigorous when the body dies.
2: When shall I hear the inward voice
Which only faithful souls can hear?
Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys
Attend the promised Comforter:
O come! and righteousness divine,
And Christ, and all with Christ, are mine.
3: O that the Comforter would come!
Nor visit as a transient guest,n But fix in me His constant home,
And take possession of my breast,
And fix in me His loved abode,
The temple of indwelling God.
4: Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire!
Attest that I am born again;
Come, and baptize me now with fire,
Nor let Thy former gifts be vain:
I cannot rest in sins forgiven ;
Where is the earnest of my heaven?
5: Where the indubitable seal
That ascertains the kingdom mine?
The powerful stamp I long to feel,
The signature of love divine:
O shed it in my heart abroad ,
Fullness of love, of heaven, of God. Amen.