God, my father’s gracious God

Verse 1
God, my father’s gracious God,
If Thou hast made choice of me,
Meant to spread thy name abroad
Thro’ my prosperous ministry;
Thy whole mind in me reveal
Life, eternal life impart,
Give the Gift unspeakable,
Christ discover to my heart.

Verse 2
O Thou just and holy One,
Sighs my broken heart for Thee,
Thee, the everlasting Son,
Grant me eyes of faith to see:
In thy bleeding form confest
All my unbelief remove,
Speak into this troubled breast
Faith, and peace, and purest love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘The God of our fathers hath chosen thee that thou shouldst know his will, and see that just One, and shouldst hear the voice of his mouth.’—[Acts 22,] v. 14." This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 396.
Publishing: Public Domain