But I for Jesus’ Spirit pray,
Which Thou, O God, alone canst give:
Send him to take my sins away,
Send him within my heart to live,
And join me to that Sacrifice
Which crowns of life for sinners buys.
But I for Jesus’ Spirit pray
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus.'—[Luke 23,] v. 52.” 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 The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 11 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 305.
Publishing: Public Domain