A faithful soul that ceaseless prays

Verse 1
A faithful soul that ceaseless prays
The prayer of God, and sees his face
In Jesus Christ reveal’d,
Doth in his heavenly image shine,
Transfigur’d by the Spirit Divine,
And with his signet seal’d.

Verse 2
The glory which all thought transcends
Ev’n to his outward man extends,
The wisdom from above,
The image in his face is seen,
His simple, meek, and modest mien,
His innocence and love.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘As he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering.'—[Luke 9,] v. 29.” This hymn appears in the 1766 manuscript “MS Luke.” 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 1977/575, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 2 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1990), page 111.
Publishing: Public Domain