Let the Spirit of our head
On all the members rest,
From thyself to us proceed,
And dwell in every breast,
Teach to judge and act aright,
Inspire with wisdom from above,
Holy faith, and heavenly might,
And reverential love.
Let the Spirit of our Head
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, and spirit of knowledge, and of the fear of the Lord.”—[Isa.] xi. 2, 3. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 383.
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