Thou, O God, a Spirit art

Verse 1
Thou, O God, a Spirit art,
Whose glory fills the sky,
Breathe within my childlike heart,
And there “my Father”
Come in Christ, and fill the place
With Wisdom, and effectual Power,
Thee I then shall truly praise,
And worthily adore.

Verse 2
All my powers shall then be brought
Into captivity,
Every passion, every thought
Shall bow, and worship Thee,
Thee mine inmost soul shall bless,
Like angels worshipping above,
Silent at thy feet confess
Th’ o’rewhelming force of Love!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘God is a Spirit, and they that worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth.’—[John 4,] v. 24." This hymn appears in the 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 358.
Publishing: Public Domain