“Ask what ye will” ’tis Jesu’s word
To all the followers of their Lord;
He speaks with confidence divine,
“To give the Holy Ghost is mine!”
And thou who didst to heaven go,
Wilt on thy church the Spirit bestow,
To bless, and sanctify, and seal,
And all our souls forever fill.
Ask what ye will, ’tis Jesus’ word
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Ask what I shall do for thee. Let a double portion of thy Spirit be upon me.”—[II. Kings] ii. 9. 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 185.
Publishing: Public Domain