Holy Ghost, apply Thy word

Verse 1
Holy Ghost, apply thy word
And promise to my heart,
Tell me I shall see the Lord,
Before I hence depart:
When my faith the Christ hath seen,
Creator of that inward eye,
Thee I shall acknowledge then,
The Lord and God most high.

Verse 2
Spirit of faith, reveal in me
The sure-approaching grace,
Then I shall the deity
Of my inspirer praise,
Bless my God for ever blest,
Glory in salvation given,
Late obtain the promis’d rest,
And go in peace to heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “'It was revealed unto him BY THE HOLY GHOST, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.'—Luke ii. 16. 'And he BLESSED GOD, and said, LORD, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to THY WORD.'—Ibid., ver. 28.” Introduced in Charles Wesley, Hymns on the Trinity (Bristol: William Pine, 1767). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 7 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 247.
Publishing: Public Domain